Keywords: Winslow Homer - Summer Night (1890).jpg Artwork Q17494534 Creator Winslow Homer 1890 oil canvas cm 76 7 102 institution Musée d'Orsay 000PE021223 http //www musee-orsay fr/index php id 851 L 1 tx_commentaire_pi1 5BshowUid 5D 455 no_cache 1 Musée d'Orsay online object history Date acquisition 1900 credit line Homer 1890 ~ lower left signature and date This nocturnal scene by the sea transcends observed reality through a keen sense of poetry and mystery The light and shade effects blur shapes while the ghostly silhouettes of two women dance on the shore Although it may well have been influenced by Courbet's Waves the lyricism tinged with mysticism expressed by Homer helped develop a feeling for nature that is peculiarly American accession number RF 1977 427 1 source <br/>2 8556 PD-old-100-1923 DEFAULTSORT Homer Summer night 1890; Musée d'Orsay Oil paintings by Winslow Homer 1890s paintings by Winslow Homer 1890 Summer night Musée d'Orsay Paintings in Musée d'Orsay Paintings of dancing couples 1890 oil on canvas paintings in France |