Lost on the Grand Banks

Lost on the Grand Banks
Artist Winslow Homer
Year 1885 (1885)
Type Oil on canvas
Dimensions 81 cm × 130 cm (32 in × 50 in)
Owner private collection

Lost on the Grand Banks (1885) is one of several paintings by the American painter Winslow Homer (1836–1910) on marine subjects. Together with The Herring Net and The Fog Warning, painted the same year, it depicts the hard lives of North Atlantic fishermen in Prouts Neck, Maine.[1] The painting was bought in 1998 by Bill Gates, the then chairman of Microsoft. Gates reportedly paid $30 million for the seascape. At the time a record price for an American painting.[2]


References

  1. "The Fog Warning: Halibut Fishing, 1885". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  2. Vogel, Carol (May 5, 1998). "Sale of Homer Seascape Sets Record". The New York Times.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, August 23, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.