Homer painted this sunset over Saco Bay in Maine from a spot near his studio. Two women, carrying fishing nets and lobster traps, seem as solid and enduring as the rocks beneath their feet. They were among the last figures Homer included in his paintings, as he increasingly turned his attention to the sea. One contemporary reviewer criticized the scene’s “unnatural strawberry sky,” but the artist considered it one of his best works.
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