When talking about Impressionism, an error is often committed when considering it an exclusively French movement, when a few North American painters deserve to appear not far from Monet, Degas, Pisarro… Among all them, the most important is, with no doubt, Winslow Homer, and "Summer Night" is one of his undisputed masterpieces. The spontaneity with which the artist represents the charm and magic of a summer night makes of this painting one of the masterworks of American painting