Lost on the Grand Banks

Lost on the Grand Banks

Artist	Winslow Homer
Year	1885 (1885)
Type	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	81 cm × 130 cm (32 in × 50 in)
Owner	private collection

Lost on the Grand Banks (1885) is one of several paintings by the American painter Winslow Homer (1836–1910) on marine subjects. Together with The Herring Net and The Fog Warning, painted the same year, it depicts the hard lives of North Atlantic fishermen in Prouts Neck, Maine.^[1] The painting was bought in 1998 by Bill Gates, the then chairman of Microsoft. Gates reportedly paid $30 million for the seascape. At the time a record price for an American painting.^[2]

References

↑ "The Fog Warning: Halibut Fishing, 1885". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
↑ Vogel, Carol (May 5, 1998). "Sale of Homer Seascape Sets Record". The New York Times.

Winslow Homer

Paintings	The Boat Builders Breezing Up The Brierwood Pipe The Bright Side Children Under a Palm The Cotton Pickers Dressing for the Carnival Eight Bells The Fog Warning In Front of Yorktown Cannon Rock Northeaster The Fox Hunt The Gulf Stream Lost on the Grand Banks Right and Left Snap the Whip A Visit from the Old Mistress

Wikimedia	Winslow Homer at Wikiquote Winslow Homer at Commons Winslow Homer at Wiktionary Winslow Homer at Wikibooks Winslow Homer at Wikisource Winslow Homer at Wikinews

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