# The Gulf Stream, in Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer painted this in 1899; reworked by 1906, aged about 63. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> A lone Black sailor lies on the deck of a dismasted, rudderless boat in the open sea, surrounded by circling sharks, while a waterspout churns on the horizon and a distant ship sails by, apparently unaware of him.

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## The work

- Date: 1899; reworked by 1906
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 28 1/8 x 49 1/8 in. (71.4 x 124.8 cm) Framed: 42 5/16 x 62 11/16 x 5 7/8 in. (107.5 x 159.3 x 15 cm)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 06.1234
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Winslow Homer](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/winslow-homer), American, 1836–1910

Homer began as an illustrator, covering the Civil War for Harper’s Weekly, and first made his name in painting with scenes of soldiers and country life.

16 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [Winslow Homer's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-winslow-homer?hang=749) (8 works)
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