1857
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Fountain at Boston Common is a 1857 by Winslow Homer, a Impressionism work, depicting Fountain, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows Boston Common’s new fountain in winter, with kids skating nearby. The work is small—less than a foot tall. It still feels alive, like you can hear the ice crack. Homer made it early in his career, before his big Civil War scenes. He often painted outside, right where he stood. The colors are soft, like old photos. This feels a little like the quiet mood in Andrew Wyeth’s later watercolors.
Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects.
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