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Monday, December 15, 2025

Of Light and Air

  

We're back from a trip to visit family in Massachusetts, and we felt very lucky to be there during a beautiful Winslow Homer exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts.

Above, The Blue Boat by Winslow Homer in 1892.

The Of Light and Air: Winslow Homer in Watercolor exhibit runs through 19 January 2026, so if you're in the Boston area and have an interest in Homer's watercolors (as well as a few bonus oil paintings, e.g., The Fog Warning), I recommend trying to get to the MFA!  There are also lots of photos and videos with additional details on the MFA's website (see link above).

2 comments:

Vishnu said...

Winslow Homer has always been one of my favorite American artists so Thanks, Jackie, for sharing the link to the MFA. I spent an hour today on their website, calling up all the Homer paintings they provided links to.
The quality of those museum images, even enlarged to a full computer screen, is so much brighter and more detailed than one can ever obtain from a book.

Jackie Sones said...

Yes! The MFA did a great job with their online reproductions.

This was my first time seeing Homer paintings in person and I was struck by their vividness, which as you say isn't really appreciated in books. I'll also mention that there is a book accompanying this exhibit -- Winslow Homer in Watercolor which is very well done and worth seeing if you're a fan. :)