Winslow Homer

American | 1836 - 1910

Winslow Homer was an American 19th Century artist who was born in 1836. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover. Numerous key galleries and museums such as de Young Museum, FAMSF have featured Winslow Homer's work in the past.Winslow Homer's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 5 USD to 4,572,500 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 4,572,500 USD for Where are the Boats?, sold at Christie's New York in 2018. In the past 12 months, his works on paper have averaged 51,858 USD, while his prints & graphic art have sold for an average of 22,900 USD.Winslow Homer has been featured in articles for ARTnews, Daily Art Magazine and Christie's Daily. The most recent article is Engraving After 1900 and the Fascination of Sugar: Two New Exhibitions Open at Wesleyan's Pruzan Art Center written for ArtDaily in February 2025. The artist died in 1910.

At Auction

Notable Lots

THE RETURN OF THE GLEANER - Winslow Homer

THE RETURN OF THE GLEANER ,1867

By Winslow Homer

+342%

above mid-estimate

IN CHARGE OF BABY ,1873

By Winslow Homer

+6%

above mid-estimate

The Shell Heap ,1904

By Winslow Homer

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Recent Auction Results

27) WARTIME HARPERS WEEKLY WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY WINSLOW HOMER

By Winslow Homer

-80%

below mid-estimate

Thomaston Place Auction Galleries

Fishing ,1878

By Winslow Homer

Sotheby's New York

Boy and Girl at a Well ,1879

By Winslow Homer

+13%

above mid-estimate

Christie's New York

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Current Exhibitions

Figure/Ground

Addison Gallery of American Art

Andover | Massachusetts | USA

Sep 14,2024 - Mar 02,2025

It Takes 2: Unexpected Pairings

Hudson River Museum

Yonkers | New York | USA

Sep 29,2023 - Mar 02,2025

Revolutions: Art From The Hirshhorn Collection, 1860–1960

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution

National Mall | Washington D.C. | District Of Columbia | USA

Mar 22,2024 - Apr 20,2025

VIEW 229 EXHIBITIONS

Articles

Masterworks at the Fenimore Art Museum

The Magazine Antiques 21/02/2025

Over just eight months, the Fenimore Art Museum, with the support of the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust, expanded its fine art collection with the acquisition of twenty-seven new paintings by American nonpareils.

Engraving After 1900 and the Fascination of Sugar: Two New Exhibitions Open at Wesleyan's Pruzan Art Center

ArtDaily 17/02/2025

Wesleyan University’s Pruzan Art Center highlights artworks from the Davison Art Collection in two exhibitions.

Christie’s Sells Two Winslow Homer Watercolors Appraised on Antiques Roadshow

ARTnews 24/01/2025

Two Winslow Homer paintings that were recently appraised on Antiques Roadshow have been auctioned by Christie’s during its 19th century American Art and Western Painting sales on January 23.

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Coverage

“ ..Homer’s fame during his lifetime rested in large part on his celebration of humankind’s relationship with nature... ”
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Addison Gallery of American Art

“ ..Homer only produced eight etchings and they correspond to the dramatic subject of his sea paintings... ”
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The Hyde Collection

“ ..A small group of prints and paintings made by Homer after 1884 continues his themes of anxiety, struggle, and stoicism in the face of tragedy... ”
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Philadelphia Museum of Art