| Lost on the Grand Banks | |
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| Artist | Winslow Homer |
| Year | 1885 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 81 cm × 130 cm (32 in × 50 in) |
| Location | Private collection |
| Owner | Bill Gates |
Lost on the Grand Banks (1885) is one of several paintings on marine subjects by the American painter Winslow Homer (1836–1910). Together with The Herring Net and The Fog Warning, painted in the same year, it depicts the hard lives of North Atlantic fishermen in Prouts Neck, Maine.[1] The painting was bought in 1998 by Bill Gates, the then chairman of Microsoft, who reportedly paid $30 million for the seascape, at the time a record price for an American painting.[2]
References
- ↑ "The Fog Warning: Halibut Fishing, 1885". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
- "The Herring Net, 1885". The Art Institute of Chicago. 1885. Retrieved August 30, 2016. - ↑ Vogel, Carol (May 5, 1998). "Sale of Homer Seascape Sets Record". The New York Times.
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