Chrysler Museum of Art
Norfolk, VA
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"A Fair Wind"
- Maritime Paintings by Winslow Homer
During June of 2000 nearly three hundred tall
ships from around the world will visit 
Hampton Roads. OpSail 2000 ® will be among the largest events of its kind in history and the
Chrysler Museum of Art will be an active participant in the festivities.
To celebrate the region's long and close relationship with the sea, the
Chrysler will organize a choice exhibition of maritime paintings by the
great American artist Winslow Homer. Entitled "A Fair Wind," the
exhibition will bring together eight of Homer's most celebrated works, including
Breezing Up from the National Gallery of Art. Additional loans will
come from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston,
Addison Gallery of American Art, and the Springfield Museum of Art. Private
collectors in Hampton Roads and the Norfolk Southern Corporation have also
agreed to share works from their holdings. (left: Breezing Up
(A Fair Wind), 1873-76, oil on canvas, 35 5/8 x 49 3/4 inches, On loan:
Gift of the W. L. and May T. Mellon Foundation, ©2000 Board of Trustees,
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; right: Moonlight, Wood Island
Light, 1894, oil on canvas, 30 3/4 x 40 1/4 inches, On loan: The Metropolitan
Museum of Art, Gift of George A. Hearn in memory of Arthur Hoppock Hearn,
1911, (11.116.2) Photograph © 1980 The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Winslow
Homer (1836-1910) captured the look and spirit of American life with unparalleled
eloquence. From his early experiences recording the battles and soldiers
of the 
Civil
War, through his depictions of ordinary Americans at work and play, Homer
demonstrated a deep empathy for his subjects and an ability to capture with
unparalleled clarity, directness, and beauty the essential dignity of their
lives. Probably the artist's most powerful and personal pictures, however,
were those he executed on the rocky coasts of New England. Homer revealed
as few have done the majesty and power of the sea both in itself and as
it affected the men and women who confronted it and depended on it for their
livelihood. "A Fair Wind" will bring together a choice group of
these remarkable maritime paintings. (left: On a Lee Shore,
1900, oil on canvas, 39 x 39 inches, On loan: Museum of Art, Rhode Island
School of Design, Jesse Metcalf Fund, Photography by Cathy Carver; Promenade
on the Beach, 1880, oil on canvas, On loan: Gift of Misses Emily and
Elizabeth Mills, in memory of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Mills, Museum
of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA)
The exhibition will open to the public on Friday, 9 June
2000 and will continue through Sunday, 3 September 2000.
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Museum of Art.
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registry of historic artists.
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During June of 2000 nearly three hundred tall
ships from around the world will visit 
Hampton Roads. OpSail 2000 ® will be among the largest events of its kind in history and the
Chrysler Museum of Art will be an active participant in the festivities.
To celebrate the region's long and close relationship with the sea, the
Chrysler will organize a choice exhibition of maritime paintings by the
great American artist Winslow Homer. Entitled "A Fair Wind," the
exhibition will bring together eight of Homer's most celebrated works, including
Breezing Up from the National Gallery of Art. Additional loans will
come from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston,
Addison Gallery of American Art, and the Springfield Museum of Art. Private
collectors in Hampton Roads and the Norfolk Southern Corporation have also
agreed to share works from their holdings. (left: Breezing Up
(A Fair Wind), 1873-76, oil on canvas, 35 5/8 x 49 3/4 inches, On loan:
Gift of the W. L. and May T. Mellon Foundation, ©2000 Board of Trustees,
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; right: Moonlight, Wood Island
Light, 1894, oil on canvas, 30 3/4 x 40 1/4 inches, On loan: The Metropolitan
Museum of Art, Gift of George A. Hearn in memory of Arthur Hoppock Hearn,
1911, (11.116.2) Photograph © 1980 The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
