Maine’s history is a rich blend of Indigenous heritage, colonial conflict, maritime industry, and cultural resilience. Once ...

Robert M. Poole is a contributing editor at Smithsonian. He has visited all of the places that inspired Winslow Homer's art.

Fitz Henry Lane, 1804–1865, View of Gloucester Harbor, 1858. Oil on canvas. From the Carolyn A. and Peter S. Lynch Collection at the McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College. Peter Lynch, vice ...

Mariya Greeley For such a small city, Portland houses some pretty big names in its art museum. Andy Warhol, Claude Monet and Winslow Homer are among the icons showcased within the Portland Museum ...

The enduring strength of the American art market was on display and at Christie’s today as two sales, American Sublime: Property from an Important Private Collection and 19th Century American and ...

A top ten of the most popular paintings that depict the ocean in all its nuances—calm, meditative, romantic, or majestic.

His art collection is noteworthy ... including Andrew Wyeth, Winslow Homer, and George Bellows, with a total estimated value exceeding $100 million.Gates is affiliated with NetJets, a private ...

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We are all invited to fish and dive into that sea to discover its riches. This is what we are called to do-like the man in Winslow Homer's painting The Fog Warning: to take our little boats out into ...

Guido Odierna was an Italian painter best known for his dramatic landscape and seascape paintings of Capri, Rome, and Venice. Odierna’s work sought to capture the specific atmosphere and color of each ...