Winslow Homer | Biography, Art, Paintings, Watercolor, & Facts
WEBWinslow Homer (born February 24, 1836, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died September 29, 1910, Prouts Neck, Maine) was an American painter whose works, particularly those on marine subjects, are among the most powerful and expressive of …
Winslow Homer - Wikipedia
WEBWinslow 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 of 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in …
Winslow Homer in the National Gallery of Art
WEBA man of multiple talents, Homer excelled equally in the arts of illustration, oil painting, and watercolor. Many of his works—depictions of children at play and in school, farm girls attending to their work, hunters and their prey—have become classic images of 19th-century American life.
An introduction to Winslow Homer | National Gallery - YouTube
WEBWhy is Winslow Homer a household name in the USA? And what makes his art so important? Follow Homer's journey, at a time of great upheaval in American histor...
Winslow Homer - National Gallery of Art
WEBBiography. Winslow Homer was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1836, the second of the three children, all sons, of Henrietta Benson and Charles Savage Homer. His artistic education consisted chiefly of his apprenticeship to the Boston commercial lithographer John H. Bufford, and a few lessons in painting from Frédéric Rondel after that.
Winslow Homer (1836–1910) - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
WEBWinslow Homer (1836–1910) is regarded by many as the greatest American painter of the nineteenth century. Born in Boston and raised in rural Cambridge, he began his career as a commercial printmaker, first in Boston and then in New York, where he settled in 1859.
Winslow Homer - The Art Institute of Chicago
WEBWinslow Homer, one of the most influential American painters of the nineteenth century, is known for his dynamic depictions of the power and beauty of nature and reflections on humanity’s struggle with the sea.
Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
WEBRenowned for his powerful paintings of American life and scenery, Winslow Homer (1836–1910) remains a consequential figure whose art continues to appeal to broad audiences. This exhibition reconsiders Homer’s work through the lens of conflict, a theme that crosses his prolific career.
Winslow Homer | The Gulf Stream | American - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
WEBWinslow Homer American. 1899; reworked by 1906. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 767. In Homer’s epic saga set along the Gulf Stream, a Black man faces his possible demise on the deck of a distressed boat while threatened by sharks and a …
Winslow Homer: A chronicler of US turbulence - BBC
WEBJul 20, 2022 · A household name in the US, Winslow Homer created dramatic images of human resilience, depicting the US Civil War and the aftermath of slavery, writes Diane Cole.