Winter: A Skating Scene
published January 25, 1868 · Wood engraving on ivory wove paper · Art Institute of Chicago
The whole print, uncropped, on a printed cream mat with its title beneath.
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About this work
- Artist
- Winslow Homer (1836–1910)
- Year
- published January 25, 1868
- Medium
- Wood engraving on ivory wove paper
- Original size
- 22.8 × 34.6 cm
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Movement
- Realism
Young women skate across a frozen pond, linked by a cord, their skirts and long hair blown back by the wind. The nearest wears a dark coat with a white muff; another skates with a fur hat pulled low, and a girl runs ahead with her hair streaming. Behind them more skaters move among bare trees, and a man glides alone at the right. The ice is scored with the lines of skate blades. Winslow Homer drew it for Harper's Weekly in New York, where his winter and holiday scenes ran during his years as a freelance illustrator. The drawing was engraved on wood for printing and appeared in the paper on 25 January 1868. This impression is in the Art Institute of Chicago.
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
Skaters in long coats and muffs crossing pale ice under dark trees, in black and white. It suits a hallway, study or living room through the winter, beside Bruegel's Hunters in the Snow; frame it in black.
Size, framing & materials
- Style
- Realism painting
- Era
- 19th century (published January 25, 1868)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- living room, hallway or entryway, study or library, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 18×12, 24×16 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard. See it to scale on your wall →
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).
- Restored in-house from a scan of the original print, cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution
- Museum-quality archival paper: heavyweight, acid-free, resists yellowing
- Framed option: wood frame in black or dark wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size
- Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen
