The Watercolors of Winslow Homer
The Watercolors of Winslow Homer
Winslow Homer’s watercolors rank among the greatest pictorial legacies of this country.Winslow Homer’s primary medium was oil painting, although to make ends meet, he did commercial illustration and chronicled the New York City social scene. Eventually, Homer withdrew from city life altogether to settle at Prout’s Neck in New England. There he turned to watercolor, in part for financial reasons (they were easier to sell), but also because the newly popular medium enabled him to capture his impre
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Art Now and Then: Winslow Homer
If one were to list the top ten American artist of all time, at or near the top of that list would have to appear the name of Y. Winslow Homer. (The "Y" stood for Yankee.) Born in 1836, he grew up in New England. After finishing high school , … Until Homer adopted it, watercolor had been largely the medium of color sketches–preparatory studies for studio landscapes rather than a medium for finished work. Although a few English artist had used it for …
Publish Date: 08/01/2011 21:01
http://art-now-and-then.blogspot.com/2011/08/winslow-homer.html
Watercolor Painting Styles: What's Yours? | Reboot Album
One of Winslow Homer's best known watercolors is Breezing Up (first titled, A Fair Wind) It was said in 1876, when this picture was exhibited, that it was in a class of its own. As one review put it, “Its sincerity …
Publish Date: 08/23/2011 7:40
http://www.rebootalbum.com/watercolor-painting-styles-whats-yours.html
Andrew Wyeth | DESKARATI AN ECLECTIC MIX OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY …
Inspired by Winslow Homer's watercolors, Wyeth painted an impressionistic watercolor, Coot Hunter, (1933), shown below, in which he experimented with the fleeting effects of light and movement. …
Publish Date: 08/24/2011 2:40
http://deskarati.com/2011/08/24/andrew-wyeth/
Winslow Homer – Four Views of Nature
Winslow Homer (1836-1910) remained in the history of American art by his depictions of the wild nature of Maine: its ocean shore, its lakes and rivers surrounded by endless woods. His heroes are fishermen and hunters, and women and children waiting f…
Beautiful pictures, overwritten text,
To: Amazon.com
The hundreds of paintings reproduced in this large-format book deserve five stars. The publisher should be thanked for bringing together works scattered around a large number of museums, and for giving us a finely produced art book. Even fans of Winslow Homer will not have seen most of these paintings, which may represent the summit of American watercolors. Unfortunately, the accompanying text goes far beyond what is necessary to appreciate Homer’s art. The descriptions of personal history and technique are helpful, but not the philosophical musings and overwrought interpretations. The text should have been cut by a third.
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|Beautiful Reproductions of Homer’s WC,
My first impression of this book was WOW!!! The size of the reproductions is astounding. Many extend over both large pages of the text. The binding is such that the book lies flat on the table and so the seam in the middle is negligble. THe colour of the reproductions is rich, detailed, and rings true (altho I have not seen any of Homer’s work in real-life). Compared side-by-side with Cooper’s book, Cooper’s reproductions are much smaller and the colour appears weaker and washed out.
As for the text of the book, it is interesting, informative, and insightful. Altogether, this is a very well put together book; it is one of the finest books I have in my collection.
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|The Watercolors of Winslow Homer,
As a very young child I would spent many hours looking through my grandmother’s art library.Winslow Homer and the French impressionists were my favorites and that early experience is probably one of many reasons I became an artist. I bought this book as a gift for my sister who is also an artist. I was able to read most of it before I gave it to her but intend to get a copy for myself. I especially liked the way the book follows Mr. Homer’s growth as an artist. It’s well written and the collection of his work is incredible. There are so many paintings I have never seen and some I have only seen in black and white.
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