Winslow Homer
(Boston, Massachusetts, 2/24/1836 - 9/29/1910, Prout's Neck, Maine)
Title
The End of the Hunt
Creation Date
1892
Century
19th century
Dimensions
15 1/8 in. x 21 3/8 in. (38.4 cm. x 54.3 cm.)
Object Type
watercolor
Creation Place
North America, United States
Medium and Support
watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper
Credit Line
Gift of the Misses Harriet Sarah and Mary Sophia Walker
Copyright
Public Domain
Accession Number
1894.11
Winslow Homer often vacationed in the Adirondacks, where he hunted and fished, and then captured the experience in watercolor. Following local traditions, hunters and their dogs often pursued the prey into the lake, where the deer would drown or be cornered by the hounds, then slain before being hauled into the boat. “The End of the Hunt” is rendered in a deep color scheme that conveys a full range of autumnal hues, from russets to yellow greens. In the central group only, the graphite under-drawing is noticeable. The stag’s head and horns, the hunters’ hats, even the craft’s oar--these deliberate passages complement other areas where Homer purposefully scraped the wet pigmented paper with a knife to create a sense of flowing water. In contrast, he relied on chance to render the forested hill and narrow riverbank by allowing the gray-green washes to bloom across the paper before drying and forming a pattern.
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