Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) High Cliff, Coast of Maine 1894 Oil on canvas, 76.8 x 97.2 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington Winslow Homer was known for his robust depictions of nature. In High Cliff, Coast of Maine, the ocean wages a mighty…
Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Northeaster 1895; reworked by 1901 Oil on canvas, 87.6 x 127 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York On the Maine coast, a “nor’easter” is a storm of exceptional violence and duration. When Homer first showed this canvas…
Museums: • Portland Museum of Art: 7 Congress Sq, Portland, ME 04101, United States Births: • Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882) See also: • Cities | USA
(1133–1189) Henry of Anjou, Henry Plantagenet Henry FitzEmpress, Henry Curtmantle Duke of Normandy (1150–1189) Count of Anjou (1151–1189) Duke of Aquitaine (1152–1189) Count of Poitiers (1156–1189) King of England (1154–1189) Henry II in Art: De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Queen Eleanor and…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Celia Thaxter’s Garden, Isles of Shoals, Maine 1890 Oil on canvas, 45.1 x 54.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting is one of the finest of a series of works that Hassam made during summers…
Museums: • Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Angers: 14 Rue du Musée, 49100 Angers, France Births: • Astruc, Zacharie (1833-1907) See also: • Cities | France
Appledore Island in Art: Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Celia Thaxter’s Garden 1890 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) The Little Pond, Appledore 1890 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Celia Thaxter in Her Garden…
