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''Lost on the Grand Banks'' (1885) is one of several paintings on marine subjects by the American painter
Winslow Homer Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in ...
(1836–1910). Together with '' The Herring Net'' and ''
The Fog Warning ''The Fog Warning'' is one of several paintings on marine subjects by the late-19th-century American painter Winslow Homer (1836–1910). Together with ''The Herring Net'' and '' Breezing Up'', painted the same year and also depicting the hard l ...
'', painted in the same year, it depicts the hard lives of North Atlantic fishermen in
Prouts Neck Prouts Neck is a coastal peninsula, located within the town of Scarborough, in southern Maine. History Prouts Neck first appears on a map by Samuel de Champlain from his 1604 explorations of New England. In early times, it was known as Blac ...
,
Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...
. The painting was bought in 1998 by
Bill Gates William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of Microsoft, along with his late childhood friend Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions ...
, the then chairman of
Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washing ...
, who reportedly paid $30 million for the seascape, at the time a record price for an American painting.


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