"The sea is a universal realm, and it's a place that we don't really understand."
Curator H. Barbara Weinberg explains Winslow Homer's "Northeaster."
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How Winslow Homer evokes the power of nature with just a few elements
“The sea is a universal realm, and it's a place that we don't really understand.”
H. Barbara Weinberg
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H. Barbara Weinberg
Curator Emerita of American Paintings and Sculpture, The American Wing
Curator Emerita of American Paintings and Sculpture, The American Wing
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Winslow Homer
1895; reworked by 1901