Is it really futile and impossible to try to paint the wind? Here’s a selection of evidence, drawn from landscapes and marines.
Homer
He started topographic paintings when he returned to London, and during his extended working honeymoon in Italy.
A look back at some of the series and some surprises which you might have missed over the last year.
His visit to Italy resulted in some of the finest paintings of Venice, several completed shortly before his untimely death.
The last of the great classical narrative painters, his huge canvases explored lesser-known tales from Greece, Rome, and Scotland.
Why did Winslow Homer apparently paint so few watercolours in 1882?
Putting some of Homer’s best watercolours together to tell the story of the fisherfolk of Cullercoats – the last in this series.
Initial reception to his paintings from Cullercoats was lukewarm at best, and most critics were dismissive.
When the boats came in – now an English expression – the women started the arduous task of transferring the catch from boat to shore.
Here are some glorious paintings of the work which the fishwives had to undertake when their menfolk were at sea.
The Eclectic Light Company 