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Winslow Homer

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Description:During the last years of his life, Winslow Homer was called the greatest artist in America, but time has more accurately placed him among the greatest and best-loved artists of his era in any country. Far broader in range than his contemporaries the Impressionists, he recorded a world not merely visual but intellectual and spiritual as well—a world expressive of all the senses. Largely self-taught, he moved from shrewdly observed illustrations of the Civil War to genre, landscape, and marine painting of an almost abstract grandeur. His paintings have that indefinable element of poetry and sadness that is present in the finest American art from Thomas Cole to Edward Hopper. His passion for accuracy in the observation of nature has been a quality of American artists from Audubon to Charles Demuth and Andrew Wyeth, and, like these men, Homer raised the watercolor medium to a fine art. Books on Homer have been published regularly since his death, but not since the 1940’s has an effort been made to present the whole man—his life, the development of his style, and the meaning of his images. In this absorbing biography, the most lavishly illustrated book on Winslow Homer in print, John Wilmerding shows how Homer’s skill, intellectual reach, and vision expanded from his first lithographs for Harper’s Weekly to the wonderfully lighthearted genre paintings of bathers, holiday-makers, school children, and fishermen of the 1870’s, culminating in the somber and magnificent late seascapes. Settled in Prout’s Neck, Maine, Homer spent his later life exploring the variety of sea and sky on the coast, capturing the essence of season, time of day, and place in what are now considered to be his best paintings. Forays to the Adirondacks, the Canadian woods, and the beaches of Florida and the Caribbean were among the subjects that Homer treated in remarkable, luminous watercolors, expressing the eternal conflict between man and the forces of nature. John Wilmerding explores Homer’s oeuvre within the context of the literature of his day, comparing the concreteness of his imagery to the straightforward simplicity of Whitman’s poetic language, and the late paintings with their philosophical overtones to the mature writings of Herman Melville. The influence of photography on Homer’s work is investigated, as is his relationship with earlier and contemporary American artists. Beyond all this, Wilmerding establishes Homer in the general context of his time, as he reflected the mood of a period of profound rupture and rapid change. THE AUTHOR: John Wilmerding, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Art, Dartmouth College, is the author of many articles and a number of books including A History of American Marine Painting (1968); 19th Century America: Painting and Sculpture, with John K. Howat (1970); Robert Salmon, Painter of Ship and Shore (1971); and Fitz Hugh Lane (published by Praeger, 1971). “This is the most thorough study so far of Homer’s position in the international scene. The author’s perceptive criticism, sympathetic interpretation, and sound scholarship make this book an important contribution to the literature of American art.” –Lloyd Goodrich, Advisory Director, Whitney Museum of American ArtWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Winslow Homer Watercolours (Watson-Guptill famous artists) by Donelson F. Hoopes (1979-07-30). To get started finding Winslow Homer Watercolours (Watson-Guptill famous artists) by Donelson F. Hoopes (1979-07-30), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: During the last years of his life, Winslow Homer was called the greatest artist in America, but time has more accurately placed him among the greatest and best-loved artists of his era in any country. Far broader in range than his contemporaries the Impressionists, he recorded a world not merely visual but intellectual and spiritual as well—a world expressive of all the senses. Largely self-taught, he moved from shrewdly observed illustrations of the Civil War to genre, landscape, and marine painting of an almost abstract grandeur. His paintings have that indefinable element of poetry and sadness that is present in the finest American art from Thomas Cole to Edward Hopper. His passion for accuracy in the observation of nature has been a quality of American artists from Audubon to Charles Demuth and Andrew Wyeth, and, like these men, Homer raised the watercolor medium to a fine art. Books on Homer have been published regularly since his death, but not since the 1940’s has an effort been made to present the whole man—his life, the development of his style, and the meaning of his images. In this absorbing biography, the most lavishly illustrated book on Winslow Homer in print, John Wilmerding shows how Homer’s skill, intellectual reach, and vision expanded from his first lithographs for Harper’s Weekly to the wonderfully lighthearted genre paintings of bathers, holiday-makers, school children, and fishermen of the 1870’s, culminating in the somber and magnificent late seascapes. Settled in Prout’s Neck, Maine, Homer spent his later life exploring the variety of sea and sky on the coast, capturing the essence of season, time of day, and place in what are now considered to be his best paintings. Forays to the Adirondacks, the Canadian woods, and the beaches of Florida and the Caribbean were among the subjects that Homer treated in remarkable, luminous watercolors, expressing the eternal conflict between man and the forces of nature. John Wilmerding explores Homer’s oeuvre within the context of the literature of his day, comparing the concreteness of his imagery to the straightforward simplicity of Whitman’s poetic language, and the late paintings with their philosophical overtones to the mature writings of Herman Melville. The influence of photography on Homer’s work is investigated, as is his relationship with earlier and contemporary American artists. Beyond all this, Wilmerding establishes Homer in the general context of his time, as he reflected the mood of a period of profound rupture and rapid change. THE AUTHOR: John Wilmerding, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Art, Dartmouth College, is the author of many articles and a number of books including A History of American Marine Painting (1968); 19th Century America: Painting and Sculpture, with John K. Howat (1970); Robert Salmon, Painter of Ship and Shore (1971); and Fitz Hugh Lane (published by Praeger, 1971). “This is the most thorough study so far of Homer’s position in the international scene. The author’s perceptive criticism, sympathetic interpretation, and sound scholarship make this book an important contribution to the literature of American art.” –Lloyd Goodrich, Advisory Director, Whitney Museum of American ArtWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Winslow Homer Watercolours (Watson-Guptill famous artists) by Donelson F. Hoopes (1979-07-30). To get started finding Winslow Homer Watercolours (Watson-Guptill famous artists) by Donelson F. Hoopes (1979-07-30), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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