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Winslow Homer: American vistas.(painter)

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From: Art in America
Date: 19961201
Author:Cotter, Holland

Homer (1836-1910) painted sweeping scenes from the Civil War, dramatic pictures of sea adventure and many more themes. Blacks were featured in many of his paintings, and his works had a strong emotional element. Several paintings are discussed.

A recent retrospective underlined the wide range of themes treated by Winslow Homer--from repertorial accounts of the Civil War tot he late majestic sea narratives. For the author, the ambiguous psychological content of these works lends them their air of modernity.

Winslow Homer was born in Boston in 1836; he died on the Atlantic-facing ...

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