Winslow Homer · 1899

The Gulf Stream

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A Black sailor adrift on a dismasted skiff in the Caribbean, sharks circling, a waterspout on the horizon — Homer's most-debated late painting. The Met.

Up to 24 × 14 in · landscape

Size

Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.

Format & finish

Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.

Scale next to a 5'10" person

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Materials & quality

›Canvas & inks

Giclée-printed on archival cotton canvas with fade-resistant pigment inks, hand-stretched over wooden bars. Gallery-wrapped — ready to hang with no extra frame needed.

›Floater frame

Hand-finished solid wood floater frame in five finishes. The canvas sits inside with a clean shadow gap — the way galleries hang contemporary canvas.

›Posters

Premium archival paper — 200 gsm soft matte or 230 gsm vibrant glossy. Ships flat or rolled, ready for your own frame.

›Faithful to the source

Printed from the highest-resolution museum and archive scans available. Each painting's maximum size is capped at what its source scan can support at gallery quality.

About this painting

The story of The Gulf Stream

The Gulf Stream is an 1899 oil painting by the American artist Winslow Homer. It shows a man in a small dismasted rudderless fishing boat struggling against the storm-tossed waves and perils of the sea, presumably near the Gulf Stream, and was the artist's statement on a theme that had interested him for more than a decade. During the time he explored this theme, Homer, a New Englander, boated often near Florida, Cuba, and the Caribbean.

Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

About the artist

Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters of 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in American art in general.

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Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Frequently asked

The Gulf Stream— questions & answers

›What is the meaning of The Gulf Stream?

The painting shows a Black sailor adrift in a small, dismasted, rudderless fishing boat, struggling against storm-tossed waves with sharks circling and a waterspout on the horizon. It was Homer's statement on a theme — man against the perils of the sea — that had interested him for more than a decade.

›When was The Gulf Stream painted?

Winslow Homer painted it in 1899, drawing on years of boating near Florida, Cuba, and the Caribbean. It remains his most-debated late painting.

›Where is The Gulf Stream painting now?

The original is held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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