The Fog Warning
1885 · Oil on canvas · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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About this work
- Artist
- Winslow Homer (1836–1910)
- Year
- 1885
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 76.8 × 123.2 cm
- Collection
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Movement
- Realism
A fisherman in a dory with two halibut in the stern looks over his shoulder at a bank of fog rolling in, while his schooner waits far off on the horizon. Homer painted it in 1885 at Prouts Neck, using a local fisherman as model and a dory set up on the beach, as one of a group of pictures about the dangers of the Grand Banks fisheries. It is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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 tense sea picture in grey-blue and brown for a study, den or coastal house in a dark wood frame. It holds a navy, slate or white wall and pairs with The Herring Net.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Realism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1885)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- study or library, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard; 36×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.
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.
