Summer Night (Winslow Homer)
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Nuit d'été[1] (1890) is a painting by Winslow Homer in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay.
- This nocturnal scene by the sea transcends observed reality through a keen sense of poetry and mystery. The light and shade effects blur shapes, while the ghostly silhouettes of two women dance on the shore. Although it may well have been influenced by Courbet's Waves, the lyricism tinged with mysticism expressed by Homer helped develop a feeling for nature that is peculiarly American. Musée d'Orsay, online
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