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How Winslow Homer evokes the power of nature with just a few elements

“The sea is a universal realm, and it's a place that we don't really understand.”

"The sea is a universal realm, and it's a place that we don't really understand."

Curator H. Barbara Weinberg explains Winslow Homer's "Northeaster."

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Northeaster, Winslow Homer  American, Oil on canvas, American
Winslow Homer
1895; reworked by 1901