Artwork

Camp Meeting Sketches: Landing at the Cape

Camp Meeting Sketches:  Landing at the Cape, by Winslow Homer, 1858
Camp Meeting Sketches:  Landing at the Cape, by Winslow Homer, 1858

Camp Meeting Sketches: Landing at the Cape is a print by the Impressionist artist Winslow Homer. It dates from 1858 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

About this work

Overview

Camp Meeting Sketches: Landing at the Cape is a 1858 watercolor work by Winslow Homer, an American artist prominent in 19th-century landscape painting and illustration.

Subject & Meaning

The piece captures a moment of arrival at a coastal location, associated with a camp meeting, conveying a sense of communal gathering or event.

Technique & Style

Executed in watercolor, the work exhibits the fluid technique that would become characteristic of Homer's later artistic practice.

History & Provenance

Created in 1858, during Homer's transitional period from commercial illustration to fine art in oil and watercolor.

Artist & collection

Portrait of Winslow Homer

Artist

Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects.

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