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What artistic challenge did the North Sea coast present to Winslow Homer?
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Winslow Homer
Breezing Up (A Fair Wind), oil on canvas by Winslow Homer, 1873ā76; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 61.5 Ć 97 cm.
While in Cullercoats, a fishing port on the North Sea, Winslow Homer faced the artistic challenge of mastering the region's specific atmospheric conditions. He had to learn to capture the diffused light of the English coast, which was limited in color but featured an infinite variety of tones. He successfully addressed this challenge through a series of subtle watercolours.1