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The Return, Tynemouth

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Description: The Return, Tynemouth

TitleThe Return, Tynemouth

Creator nameHomer, Winslow

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1881

Object typePainting

MaterialsTransparent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor, rewetting, blotting, and scraping, heightened with gum glaze, over graphite, on moderately thick, moderately textured, ivory wove paper (left and lower edges trimmed)

Dimensions13 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (34.2 x 34.3 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/113064

Accession number1933.1251R

SubjectsBoats and boating in artFishers in artBeaches in artPainting, American--19th centurySailboats in art

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Technical Commentaries: Underdrawing

Description: Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light

Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light

Before he began to paint The Return, Tynemouth (figure c), Homer created a preliminary design, or underdrawing, using a graphite pencil to guide his watercolor applications. Conservators investigate these designs using an infrared camera; under infrared light, many watercolor pigments appear transparent, revealing graphite underneath. …

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PublisherArt Institute of Chicago

Copyright© 2008 by Art Institute of Chicago

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00173.024

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Chapter subject tags:Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910Watercolor painting--TechniqueUnderdrawing

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