Cape Ann Museum Receives Homer Watercolor for Permanent Collection

Gloucester, MA – The Cape Ann Museum has received a Winslow Homer watercolor for its permanent collection. The promised gift, Boy Hailing Schooners, 1880, was hung for the first time at the Museum this weekend and arrived just before the Museum’s nationally acclaimed and most popular exhibition to date, Homer at the Beach: A Marine Painter’s Journey, 1869-1880, closes December 1. “We are so very grateful for this important work to join our growing permanent collection,” said Museum Director Oliver Barker. “It points to our concerted strategy to build the Museum’s collections by adding significant and iconic works that atte

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Cape Ann Museum Receives Homer Watercolor for Permanent Collection

The painting, Boy Hailing Schooners, arrives a week before the successful Homer at the Beach exhibit comes to a close.

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