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Winslow Homer's wartime chronicles.(Arts)(Art)

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From: The Washington Times
Date: 19970727
Author:Shaw-Eagle, Joanna

Winslow Homer (1836-1910) was one of America's first war correspondents. He covered the Civil War as an artist for Harper's Weekly, and his insightful drawings of men at the front largely formed the public's image of the war. He lived with the Union troops, sharing their risks and hardships, for four long years.

Central to the artist's work of this period is "Home, Sweet Home" (circa 1863), which was recently acquired by the National Gallery of Art for $2.64 million and is the centerpiece of the gallery's current exhibit "Winslow Homer and the Civil War: Recent ...

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