High Cliff, Coast of Maine
1894 · Oil on canvas · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington
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About this work
- Artist
- Winslow Homer (1836–1910)
- Year
- 1894
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 76.8 × 97.2 cm
- Collection
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington
- Movement
- Realism
A dark cliff of brown and grey rock rises steeply across the canvas while surf explodes against its foot, and a few tiny figures stand on the summit at the upper right, dwarfed by the scale of the coast. Homer painted it at Prouts Neck in Maine in 1894, in the decade he devoted almost entirely to the sea and the rocks below his studio. The thick, scraped paint gives the rock real weight against the white spray. It came to the national collection in Washington in 1909.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A dramatic brown-and-white coastal cliff for a study, office or hallway in a dark wood frame. It holds warm grey, stone or deep green walls at 24×18 and pairs with Homer's Cannon Rock.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Realism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1894)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, home office, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×18. Prints at 16×12, 24×18 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; dark wood warms it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
