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Language
English
Description
The book discusses and reproduces more than two hundred paintings, watercolors, and drawings that span Homer's career, all of which are discussed in entries by Cikovsky and Kelly. It begins with the Civil War paintings that first brought Homer's remarkable artistic mentality to public attention, in which he movingly expressed the profound implications the war held for the nation. Homer's interest in national themes is further explored in his works...
10) Winslow Homer
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of the 19th century American artist Winslow Homer.
Author
Publisher
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[2012], ©2012
Physical Desc
x, 132 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Life Line, a thrilling scene of rescue on stormy seas, firmly established Winslow Homer (1836-1910) as one of the leading American painters of his day, and one of the foremost maritime artists of all time. Combining a close analysis of Homer's masterpiece with an engaging look at the history of images of disaster and rescue in art and popular culture, Shipwreck! explores the making and meaning of an iconic American work of art. Kathleen A. Foster...
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
xiv, 169 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"This beautifully illustrated catalogue celebrates Homer's legacy at Prouts Neck, and documents the Portland Museum of Art's six-year conservation project to preserve the Winslow Homer Studio, the former carriage house in which Homer lived and worked. Photographs of the studio and site, never before open to the public, highlight views that are recognizable as the subject of so many of Homer's paintings. Essays by leading scholars examine his iconic...
Author
Publisher
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
199 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Long celebrated as the quintessential New England regionalist, Winslow Homer (1836-1910) in fact brushed a much wider canvas, traveling throughout the Atlantic world and frequently engaging in his art with issues of race, imperialism, and the environment. This publication focuses, for the first time, on the watercolors and oil paintings Homer made during visits to Bermuda, Cuba, coastal Florida, and the Bahamas. In particular, The Gulf Stream (1899),...
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