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Winslow Homer: The Life Line  wikidata:Q20812914 reasonator:Q20812914
Artist
Winslow Homer  (1836–1910)  wikidata:Q344838 q:it:Winslow Homer
 
Winslow Homer
Alternative names
w. homer; homer w.; W.m Homer; Wm. Homer; Wm. (unidentified) Homer; Homer
Description American painter, photographer, printmaker and illustrator
Date of birth/death 24 February 1836 Edit this at Wikidata 29 September 1910 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Boston Edit this at Wikidata Maine Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1859 Edit this at Wikidata–
Work location
Category:New York, Philadelphia, Maine (USA)
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artist QS:P170,Q344838
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Title
The Life Line Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Len,"The life line"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre genre art Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1884
date QS:P571,+1884-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 72.7 cm (28.6 in); width: 113.7 cm (44.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,72.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,113.7U174728
institution QS:P195,Q510324
Current location
not on view
Accession number
E1924-4-15
Place of creation United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
Credit line The George W. Elkins Collection, 1924
Notes The dramatic rescue from a foundering ship shown here was made possible by a recent innovation in lifesaving technology, the breeches buoy. Secured firmly to ship and shore, the device permitted the transfer of stranded passengers to safety by means of a pulley that was hauled back and forth by crews at either end. Cropped down to its essentials, Homer's composition thrusts us into the midst of the action with massive waves rolling past, drenching the semiconscious woman and her anonymous savior. The Life Line was immediately recognized by critics as a major contribution to American art, portraying a heroic, contemporary subject with both painterly virtuosity and detailed observation.[1]
  1. ↑ philamuseum.org
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Source/Photographer Philadelphia Museum of Art (online gallery)

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