Winter Coast

Title: Winter Coast
Description: Homer’s tiny hunter, carrying a goose on his back, is dwarfed by the massive shelving rocks and pounding surf of Prout’s Neck, Maine. Like the increasingly solitary artist, the human figure appears alone, hardy, and ephemeral.
Creator: Homer, Winslow
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Date: 1890
Extent: Dimensions: 36 1/8 × 31 11/16 inches (91.8 × 80.5 cm)
Spatial Coverage: Prouts Neck; Maine; North and Central America
Subject: mountains; Nature; winter; snow (precipitation)
Rights: Creative Commons (attribution)
Type: mountain landscapes (visual works)
Format: oil paintings (visual works); canvas paintings
Publisher: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Provenance: John G. Johnson Collection, 1917