The Calm of Homer’s ‘Blue Boat’

For Ethan Lasser, John Moors Cabot Chair, Art of the Americas, Winslow Homer’s The Blue Boat (1892) evokes the landscape of the North Woods in the Adirondacks to such a degree that he can hear the scene. In this one-minute video, hear the cocurator of “Of Light and Air: Winslow Homer in Watercolor” explain why this is one of the artist’s greatest watercolors.