Winslow Homer From War to PARADISE 1986 1910
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Winslow Homer From War to PARADISE (1986 -1910)
Beginnings • Winslow Homer was one of the most famous American artists of the nineteenth century. • He was born in Boston and began his career as a commercial printmaker (helping to make sheet music covers and newspapers). • What happened in the middle of the nineteenth century? • In 1861, when he was 25, Homer began working for a magazine to document the Civil War. • Could he just take some photographs? • He became an illustrator, traveling to battlefields to draw pictures that would show people around the country what was going on with the war. • Homer did rough sketches and wood engravings. • Homer traveled into the war zone and traveled with the Union army. • What were important skills for someone who had a job as a war illustrator?
“The War for the Union, 1862, A Cavalry Charge”
Sharpshooter on Picket Duty: 1862
Homer often made more than one version of the same picture. Compare and contrast these two pictures.
Life After the War • Homer became famous in the United States because of his wartime artwork. • After the Civil War, Homer turned to everyday life in the new America for his subject matter. • At first, he concentrated on painting people. • His paintings show ordinary people at work or at play. • He showed his subjects in natural light as they really appeared. The Dinner Horn (Blowing the Horn at Seaside), 1870, oil on canvas, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
The Veteran in a New Field, 1865 Winslow Homer (American, 1836– 1910) Oil on canvas 24 1/8 x 38 1/8 in.
• One of Homer’s favorite subjects during the 1870’s was a solitary woman absorbed in thought or work. • He painted his first series of watercolors in 1873. The Milk Maid, 1878, watercolor over graphite on paper, Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel
Landscapes and Seaside Vistas • Gradually, Homer drifted towards paintings of grand landscapes and seaside views. • He moved to Maine and traveled to the Caribbean.
Snap the Whip, 1872 Oil on canvas 12 x 20 in.
What differences can you find between these two versions of Snap the Whip?
Breezing Up (A Fair Wind), 1873 -1876, oil on canvas. Go see this at the National Gallery!
Girl Carrying a Basket, 1882, watercolor over graphite on paper
The Life Line Made in United States, North and Central America, 1884, Oil on canvas. Not a painting from real life. Homer did this after watching a demonstration of this type of “breeches bouy” used to make rescues from sea.
Incoming Tide, Scarboro Maine, 1883, watercolor on paper
Native Huts, Nassau, 1885, watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
The Gulf Stream, 1899. Winslow Homer Oil on canvas, photo 1994 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Blue Boat, 1892, watercolor over graphite pencil on paper
Summer Squall, 1904, oil on canvas
- Winslow homer veteran in a new field
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