The Herring Net by Winslow Homer

A4 print (A4, 11.7 x 8.3 in (29.7 x 21 cm)): INR 3,500 / USD 399
A5 print, A4 frame (A5, 8.3 x 5.8 in (21 x 14.8 cm)): INR 4,000 / USD 459
A4 print, A3 frame (A4, 11.7 x 8.3 in (29.7 x 21 cm)): INR 5,000 / USD 569

Art print of a hand-painted study after Winslow Homer, by Riya Kumari

After Winslow Homer, The Herring Net, 1885 Homer spent time in a fishing community in England in 1881, and the experience changed his life and work. His work after that focused on depicting humanity and nature in contest with each other. The Herring Net shows two fishermen at their job, heroically balancing the small boat in the swells of the sea. This is a close-up study of the painting.

About the painting

The Herring Net, Winslow Homer, 1885

Artist: Winslow Homer
Year: 1885
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 76.5 × 122.9 cm (30 × 48.4 in)
Where it hangs: Art Institute of Chicago

What does The Herring Net show?

Two fishermen in a small boat, hauling in a net heavy with herring as the boat rises on the swell, with the fishing fleet faint in the mist behind them. Homer painted ordinary working people as heroes, holding their own against the sea.

Where and when was it painted?

At Prouts Neck, Maine, in 1885. Two years in the fishing village of Cullercoats in England (1881–82) had changed his work, and in the autumn of 1884 he went out with the herring fleet to sketch the catch. He painted The Herring Net the next year, along with The Fog Warning and Lost on the Grand Banks.