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Winslow Homer was an American Artist of the last century, born 1836,
died 1910. One of the premier post Civil War American Artists, he
bridged a stylistic gap between the Hudson River School Painters and
The
Ashcan Artists.
He began his career as a Lithographer's Apprentice in his native
Boston,

later went to N.Y.C. as a free lance Artist. Much of his early
work is somewhat stiff and shows the hand of a self-taught individual.
He
lost this primitive element , in his mature style. Homer traveled with
the Union
Armies, making images for news papers and magazines.
He made trips to France and England, lived for a
time in England, painting the coast and it's inhabitants. The influence

of Monet and the Impressionists I believe shows in his later work.
Above
all he was a
unsentimental Painter who made fresh insightful well designed images of

his subjects.
Homer loved the Ocean and the Wilderness, and those hardy souls that
inhabit these
lonely places. Raw nature was his chosen motif throughout his life.
His
work in the
Adirondacks, which are among his best shows him to be singular
individual with a uniquely american eye. He was somewhat reclusive by
nature and often sought solitude, for his work.
A fine oil painter, his fame rests more firmly on his
watercolors, a medium in which he made significant innovations. His
bold
and powerful techniques have influenced subsequent generations of
watercolor painters. He can
fairly called the father of modern watercolor.
Staats

see Homer paintings from National Gallery

http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/homerwc/homerwc-main3.html

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