Coming Away: Winslow Homer and England

For nearly two years, beginning in the spring of 1881, beloved American artist Winslow Homer (1836–1910) lived and worked in the remote northern English fishing village of Cullercoats. This decision to abandon the American art world at the height of his fame for an isolated English hamlet dramatically altered Homer’s life and art.

The paintings, drawings, and prints of Homer’s English period bear the mark of the influences he encountered there and focus on the hardships and joys of life along the waterfront.

Coming Away explores—for the first time in a major museum exhibition—this pivotal moment in Homer’s career, with the most comprehensive group of oil paintings to emerge from the artist’s time abroad.

Runs March 1-May 20, 2018.
Part of the season of travel at the Museum.

Image: Winslow Homer, The Gale, 1883–93. Oil on canvas. Museum Purchase, 1916.48. Image courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.