Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910
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Homer, Winslow, – 1836-1910
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Homer, Winslow (American painter and illustrator, 1836-1910)
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Winslow Homer
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Winslow Homer was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1836. He was raised in Cambridge, where he developed a love of art and the outdoors. At the age of 19 he began his career as an illustrator, apprenticing at the J.H. Bufford lithographic firm in Boston. He then decided to become a freelance illustrator. In 1859 Homer moved to New York to work for Harper's Weekly, serving as artist-correspondent for the magazine during the Civil War. After taking some art classes at the National Academy of Design, he decided to focus on oil painting. He quickly gained international recognition as a painter, and in 1866 made his first trip to Europe. In 1873 he decided to work in watercolor and found great success in his experimentation with light and color in this medium. In the mid-1880s Homer moved permanently to Prout's Neck, Maine, an isolated area where he built a studio and focused his paintings on man's struggle with nature. Also during the 1880s he worked on a series of etchings based on his paintings. Homer continued to paint for the next twenty years, vacationing summers in places such as the Adirondacks and the Bahamas to capture varied landscapes, until his death in 1910.
Winslow Homer (1836-1910) was a painter and illustrator from Prouts Neck, Me.
Winslow Homer (1836-1910) was a painter and illustrator from Prouts Neck, Me. M. Knoedler & Company (est. 1857) is an art gallery and dealer in New York, N.Y.
19th century American artist.
Nationality: American.
American artist.
American painter.
Painter, illustrator; New York, N.Y. and Prouts Neck, Me.
Illustrator for Harper's Weekly; artist-correspondent during Civil War; moved to Prouts Neck, Me., 1884.
Painter, illustrator; New York, N.Y. and Prouts Neck, Me.
Illustrator for Harper's Weekly; artist-correspondent during Civil War; moved to Prouts Neck, Me., 1884.
Painter.
Acknowledged today as one of the world's greatest watercolorists, Winslow Homer grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was apprenticed in his teens to a lithographer in Boston. In 1855 he moved to New York City and attended the National Academy of Design. During this period he made his living as an illustrator for various magazines, chiefly Harper's Weekly, for whom he served as a pictorial correspondent during the Civil War, participating in several Union campaigns.
At about this same time, Homer began painting in oils. Homer achieved success as an illustrator through his ability to draw quickly and accurately. His sense of the dramatic and direct narrative style carried over into his later paintings. In the 1880s he turned to marine subjects and eventually settled in Maine, where he spent most of the remainder of his life. White Rowboat was inspired by Homer's 1890 vacation to Florida.
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Art, American
Animals
Art
Art
Art dealers
Art galleries, Commercial
Artists
Artists
Ships
Barrels
Baskets
Bathing suits
Battles
Beaches
Beds
Birds
Bird Songs
Boys
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775
Chestnut
Children
Chinese Americans
Clambakes
Clouds
Corn
Cornstalks
Country life
Courtship
Doors
Drowning
Farmers
Farming
Farms
Figures
Figures
Fires
Fishermen
Forests
Girls
Gulls
Hammocks
Harvesting
Hats
Hiking
Horses
Houses
Illustrators
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Labor
Lamps
Leisure
Lifeguards
Men
Mountaineering
Mountains
Nannies
Newspapers
Night
Nuts
Ocean
Outdoor recreation
Pails
Painters
Painters
Painting, American
Painting, American
Parasols
Paths
Play
Plowing
Porches
Prints, American
Pumpkins
Relaxation
Rescue
Rocks
Roof
Sailors
Scales (Weighing instruments)
Sea
Seascapes
Shipbuilding
Shipyards
Shopkeeper
Smoke
Snow
Sowing
Stores
Storks
Storms
Swimming
Table
Tents
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Toys
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Winter
Women
Wood
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Massachusetts
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Illinois--Chicago
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Catskill Mountains (N.Y.)
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Maine
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Florida--12000
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New York (State)--New York
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New York (N.Y.)
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United States
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Moon
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Gloucester (Mass.)
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Florida
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Maine
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New England
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United States
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Maine
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Gloucester (Mass.)
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Long Branch (N.J.)
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Maine--Prout's Neck
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Maine
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Boston (Mass.)
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Copp's Hill (Boston, Mass.)
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Florida--Tampa
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Massachusetts
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United States
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Massachusetts
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