The Fog Warning
Winslow Homer, 1885
He looks back and the fog is already a wall. The moment you know you stayed out too long. The catch is heavy. The shore is a guess.
About this work
The Fog Warning is one of three paintings of local fishermen that Winslow Homer completed in 1885 at Prouts Neck, Maine, where he had settled after a stay in 1881–82 at Cullercoats, in northeast England, and where his new studio was finished in 1884. The others are Lost on the Grand Banks and The Herring Net, and together they are counted among his best works on the hard lives of fishermen. It was first exhibited as Halibut Fishing. A lone fisherman in a dory has caught several halibut, but as he rows back toward his ship he looks over his shoulder at a bank of fog blowing up, threatening to cut him off. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, which owns the painting, describes it as a narrative picture whose tale is "disturbing rather than charming": the fisherman has been successful, but the hardest task of the day, the return to the main ship, is still ahead of him. Many of Homer's late paintings, like this one, show a single figure at sea.
Sources: Wikipedia · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Print facts
- Native resolution
- 5,675 × 3,550 px
- Sharp at 150 ppi up to
- 37 × 23 in
- Sizes
- Small (20 × 13 in) · $100 · 273 ppi
Medium (24 × 15 in) · $150 · 236 ppi
Large (36 × 23 in) · $300 · 154 ppi - Price includes
- Frame and US shipping · 14–21 days · 30-day returns
FAQ
Where can I buy a framed print of The Fog Warning?
Here. The Fog Warning is available as a framed print in three sizes: Small (20 × 13 in) for $100, Medium (24 × 15 in) for $150 and Large (36 × 23 in) for $300. Prices include the frame and US shipping; delivery takes 14–21 days, with 30-day returns.
What size works best for The Fog Warning?
The file is 5,675 × 3,550 px, so every size is sharp: even Large (36 × 23 in) prints at 154 ppi. Choose Large (36 × 23 in) for a large wall; Small (20 × 13 in) suits a narrower space.
Is it legal to print The Fog Warning?
Yes. The Fog Warning is in the public domain: its copyright, if it ever had one, expired long ago. In the United States a faithful photograph of a public-domain painting does not create a new copyright (Bridgeman v. Corel, 1999), so the image can be printed and sold freely.
