Winslow Homer's Breezing Up (A Fair Wind) shows a small sailboat heeling in choppy green water, with a man at the tiller and three boys aboard; one boy wears a red shirt. A distant sailboat appears on the horizon under a cloudy sky. Homer painted the scene in the 1870s, and it became one of his best-known images of American coastal life, catching the boat's tilt and the crew's easy balance on a brisk day.
Printed text on back: heading 'POST CARD'; publisher imprint 'NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART / WASHINGTON, D. C.'; series '[760]'; printed caption 'BREEZING UP / By WINSLOW HOMER (1836-1910)'; gift credit line 'Gift of the W. L. and May T. Mellon Foundation'; boat name 'GLOUCESTER' painted on the hull within the artwork. Paper loss/damage at upper right corner and light edge wear; color litho reproduction of a painting. No postmark, stamp, address, or message. Divided-back art reproduction card; glossy color plate, no white border. Pencil dealer marks '#59' and '1-' at lower right (not correspondence).
Cite this card
Breezing Up by Winslow Homer, Washington, DC, circa 1943, postcard, c. 1943. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/breezing-up-by-winslow-homer-washington-dc-circa-1943. Accessed November 2, 2026.
