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Early Morning After a Storm at Sea

Early Morning After a Storm at Sea

1900–1903
(American, 1836–1910)
Framed: 111 x 160 x 12 cm (43 11/16 x 63 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 76.8 x 127 cm (30 1/4 x 50 in.)

Did You Know?

Winslow Homer's studio in Prouts Neck, Maine, is a National Historic Landmark.

Description

The powerful Atlantic surf pounding against the desolate coast of Prouts Neck, Maine, provided primary subject matter for the dramatic paintings that Homer created during his final decades. This example, which the artist proclaimed as "the best picture of the sea that I have painted," was initially conceived as a watercolor. Undertaking the composition in oil after a lapse of nearly two decades, Homer patiently waited for the appropriate atmospheric conditions, executing the work in four different sessions spread over two years.
  • 1924-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
    1924
    (Frank Rehn, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1918-1924
    Cornelius Vanderbilt Barton, New York, NY, consigned to Frank Rehn, Inc.
    1917-1918
    (M. Knoedler & Co., New York, NY, sold to Cornelius Vanderbilt Barton)1
    1904-1917
    William K. Bixby [1857-1931], St. Louis, MO, returned to Knoedler & Co.
    1903-1904
    (M. Knoedler & Co., New York, NY, sold to William K. Bixby)1
  • Denenberg, Thomas Andrew, and Winslow Homer. Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine. 2012. fig. 10, p. 100
    Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of an Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today at the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: [Printed by the Artcraft Printing Co.], 1937. no. 85, p. 26
    Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of the Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Cleveland Museum of Art: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition : June Twenty-Sixth to October Fourth 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: [Cleveland Museum of Art], 1936. no. 359, listed pp. 133-134
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    Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries records, Miscellaneous Records: Lists of Paintings, 1920-1968, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Reel 5872 (87-725)].
    W.M.M., “Early Morning After a Storm at Sea by Winslow Homer,” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 11.3 (March 1924): 51-53
    Winslow Homer, Series IV. Inventory cards, 1859-1971, M. Knoedler & Co. Records, box 135, Getty Research Institute
    W.M.M., “Early Morning After a Storm at Sea by Winslow Homer,” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 11.3 (March 1924): 51-53.
    W.M.M., “Early Morning After a Storm at Sea by Winslow Homer,” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 11.3 (March 1924): 51-53.
    City Art Museum of St. Louis. Fifth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists. St. Louis, Mo: The Museum, 1900. Mentioned: p. 49, #120
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925. Reproduced: p. 34 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928. Reproduced: p. 42 archive.org
    Paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1945. Reproduced: p. 14 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 549 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 187 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 187 archive.org
    Hamilton, George Heard. 19th and 20th Century Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1970. Reproduced: p. 110, fig. 95
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 232 archive.org
    Adams, Henry. What's American about American art?: a gallery tour in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008. Reproduced: fig. 3, p. 10; p. 98 - 99
    Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 52
    Ross, Clifford, Jay A. Clarke, Phong Bui, and Orville Schell. Hurricane Waves. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2015. Reproduced: P. 11, fig. 3
    Athens, Elizabeth, Brandon Ruud and Martha Tedeschi. Coming Away: Winslow Homer & England. Worcester, MA : Worcester Art Museum ; Milwaukee, WI : Milwaukee Art Museum ; New Haven, CT : in association with Yale University Press, 2017. Reproduced: p. 149, cat. # 67; p. 81, fig. 10 (detail): Mention: p. 56, 166
    American Art Review. "Coming Away: Winslow Homer and England." American Art Review 30, no. 3 (May/June 2018): 54-57. Reproduced: p. 56, top
    Herdrich, Stephanie L., Sylvia Yount, Daniel Immerwahr, Christopher Riopelle, Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, and Winslow Homer. Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents. New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2022. Reproduced: p. 173
  • Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (April 4-July 31, 2022) https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2022/winslow-homer.
    Art Along the Rivers: A Bicentennial Celebration. Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (organizer) (October 3, 2021-January 9, 2022) https://www.slam.org/exhibitions/art-along-the-rivers/.
    Coming Away: Winslow Homer and England. Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA (November 17, 2017-February 4, 2018); Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI (organizer) (March 2-May 20, 2018).
    Weatherbeaten: The Late Paintings of Winslow Homer. Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME (organizer) (September 20-December 30, 2012).
    Cleveland Collects American Art of the Gilded Age. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 23-May 18, 2003).
    Winslow Homer. National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (organizer) (October 15, 1995-January 28, 1996); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (February 21-May 26, 1996); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (June 20-September 22, 1996).
    Reckoning with Winslow Homer: His Late Works and Their Influence. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-November 25, 1990); Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (December 16, 1990-February 10, 1991); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (March 16-May 12, 1991).
    Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).
    Heritage and Horizon: American Painting 1776 - 1976. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (organizer) (March 7-April 11, 1976); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (May 2-June 13, 1976); The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH (July 4-August 15, 1976); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 8-October 10, 1976).
    Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Heritage and Horizon: American Painting 1776-1976 (6 March-11 April 1976); traveled to Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, (5 May-13 June 1976); Toledo, The Toledo Museum of Art (4 July-15 August 1976); Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art (8 Sept
    Akron, Akron Institute of Art, Retrospective on Winslow Homer (25 March-11 May 1969).
    Yankee Painter: A Retrospective Exhibition of Oils, Watercolors and Graphics by Winslow Homer. University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ (organizer) (October 12-December 1, 1963).
    Tucson, University of Arizona Art Gallery, Yankee Painter: A Retrospective Exhibition of Oils, Water Colors and Graphics by Winslow Homer (11 October-1 December 1963), cat. no. 31, illus. p. 45.
    Washington, D. C., The National Gallery of Art, Winslow Homer: A Retrospective Exhibition (23 November 1958-4 January 1959); traveled to New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (29 January-8 March 1959), fig. 74.
    Pittsburgh, The Carnegie Institute, American Classics of the Nineteenth Century (1957); traveled to Utica, The Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute; Richmond, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art; Manchester, The Currier Gallery of Art, cat. no. 62.
    Oguinquit, ME, Museum of Art, Summer Exhibition (1 July-12 September 1954), cat. no. 8; illus.
    New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, American Painting in the Nineteenth Century, (22 April-23 May 1954), cat. no. 86.
    Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Mostra Di Pittura Americana Del XIX Secolo (19 January-7 February 1954), no. 82; seems to also have traveled to Milan (see Whitney Museum catalogue for further information).
    Frankfurt, Stadelsches Kunstitut, Hundert Jahre Amerikanische Malerei 1800-1900 (14 March-3 May 1953); traveled to Munich, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen (15 May-28 June 1953); Hanburg, Kunsthalle (18 July-30 August 1953); (in addition shows were added in Berlin and Düsseldorf-see Whitney Museum catalogue for further information); cat. no. 45, illus. fig. 32.
    Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Museum, Chief Movements in Modern American Painting 1900-1950 (14 November 1951-6 January 1952)
    The Sea. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 23-October 25, 1950).
    Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Museum, The Coast and the Sea: A Survey of American Marine Painting (19 November 1948-16 January 1949); cat. no. 61.
    New York, Wildenstein for the Benefit of The New York Botanical Garden, Winslow Homer (19 February-22 March 1947), no. 37.
    Worcester, Worcester Art Museum, Winslow Homer (16 November-17 December 1944), no. 82, p. 7.
    The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
    Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-October 4, 1937).
    Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Annual Exhibition of American Art (2 April-3 May 1937); cat. no. 32.
    Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Centenary Exhibition of Works of Winslow Homer (28 January-7 March 1937); traveled to Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, (March 1937-May 1937) pp. 7-13 fig. 29.
    New York City, Whitney Museum of American Art, Winslow Homer: Centenary Exhibition (15 December 1936-15 January 1937), fig. 33, illus.
    The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).
    Philadelphia, The Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Winslow Homer 1836-1910 (2 May-8 June 1936), fig. 29.
    New York City, The Museum of Modern Art, The Museum of Modern Art Sixth Loan Exhibition: Winslow Homer, Albert P. Ryder, Thomas Eakins (May, 1930), fig. 17.
    St. Louis, City Art Museum of St. Louis, Fifth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists (September 15 - November 15, 1910); cat. 120.
    Buffalo, Albright Art Gallery, Fifth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists (11 May-1 September 1910); cat. no. 117, listed p. 38.
    St. Louis, Louisiana Purchase Universal Exposition (May-December, 1904)
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Seventy-Third Annual Exhibition (25 January-5 March 1904)
    Pittsburgh, The Carnegie Institute, The Eighth Annual Exhibition at The Carnegie Institute (5 November 1903-1 January 1904), no. 75.
    New York, Society of American Artists, Twenty-Fifth Annual Exhibition (28 March-3 May 1903).
    New York, Union League Club, Paintings by Contemporary Americans (8-10 January 1903).
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