description Breezing Up (A Fair Wind) Overview
Breezing Up, also known as A Fair Wind, is an oil painting completed by Winslow Homer in 1876. It depicts a man and three boys aboard a small catboat cutting through choppy water, with their concentrated poses and the tilted sail conveying movement without presenting a dramatic event. The work connects post-Civil War American genre painting with Homer's developing marine subjects and is held by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
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Who painted Breezing Up and when was it completed?
Breezing Up was painted by American artist Winslow Homer and completed in 1876. It is one of his best-known marine subjects and a defining work of nineteenth-century American art.
What does Breezing Up depict?
The painting shows a man and three boys aboard a small catboat cutting through choppy water. Their concentrated poses and the tilted sail convey a sense of movement without dramatic crisis or danger.
Where is Breezing Up displayed?
Breezing Up is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. It has been one of that museum's most recognized American paintings.
What is the alternate title of Breezing Up?
The painting is also known as A Fair Wind. Both titles refer to the favorable sailing conditions depicted in the scene.
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