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Winslow Homer's Civil War engravings in New Castle exhibit

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From: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Date: 20080113
Author:Kurt Shaw

Winslow Homer (1836-1910) was one of the most prolific artists of his day, and inarguably one of the most famous painters of the American Guilded Age.

But, long before his paintings of seascapes and country life captured the spirit of America, he captured America's strife, particularly that of the Civil War (1861-65).

During the Civil War, Homer was sent to Virginia as an artist- correspondent for Harper's Weekly. While there, he filled his sketchbooks with quick studies depicting scenes that ranged from the everyday activities of the soldiers to the heightened drama of battle.

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