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MFA SHOW BRINGS OUT THE BEST OF HOMER

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 19960216
Author:Christine Temin, Globe Staff

WINSLOW HOMER

At: the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, through May 26. The

exhibition is open only to members until Wednesday,

when it opens to the public. The show also appears at the

Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York June 20 through

Sept. 22 The name "Winslow Homer" is almost automatically attached to the adjective "beloved" -- especially in New England, where the artist spent so much of his career.

His massive popularity sometimes works to Homer's disadvantage, though, in over-familiar works like "Snap the Whip." I've never been able to look at this painting without ...

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