The Literature Network - Winslow Homer is an American original.(retrospective, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)

Winslow Homer is an American original.(retrospective, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)

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From: Insight on the News
Date: 19951106
Author:Goode, Stephen

This superb exhibition of 250 of Homer's works demonstrate his mastery of watercolor as well as oils and his unequalled intensity. Though he was influenced by European painters when he traveled, his style was unique, and he was rightly called 'an American original.'

The National Gallery of Art in Washington has mounted a splendid retrospective of one of America's greatest painters - including a vivid display of his unique skill as a watercolorist.

Winslow Homer is familiar images of 19th-century American life: boys playing in front of a rustic red schoolhouse or sailing on a misty bay, ...

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