The Rapids, Hudson River, Adirondacks

Museum record 16823: The Rapids, Hudson River, Adirondacks by Winslow Homer. A verified entry point for discovery.

What to notice

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By the time Homer first began visiting the Adirondacks in the 1870s, commercial logging operations in the region were beginning to destroy large tracts of forest and to clog the rivers. He acutely observed and recorded these events in his watercolors, rarely passing explicit judgment. In The Rapids, Hudson River, Adirondacks , the artist combined themes of fishing and logging. On first encounter, this watercolor is peaceful and intimate, a virtuoso study of the movement of the river’s surface over partia…