WATER COLOR BY WINSLOW HOMER LOANED TO FOGG ART MUSEUM

A watercolor by Winslow Homer representing Fishing Boats, Key West, and painted doubtless during the winter of 1903 and 1904 which Homer spent at Key West, has just been loaned to the Fogg Art Museum. The picture bears the artist's initials but is not dated. Homer's tropical scenes rank perhaps among his finest works. Mr. Downes in his book on Homer says, "For pure beauty of colour and light they have never been surpassed, and it is hard to believe that they ever can be".

The picture lent to the Museum shows fishing boats, while and different shades of gray, with touches of red, at anchor. The water is a light blue with occasional notes of green, and the sky a grayish violet. The treatment is broad and simple. The picture has charm and distinction and is an interesting addition to the Museum's collection of modern watercolors.