Screen LibraryComing away : Winslow Homer & England /
A fascinating exploration of the time Winslow Homer spent in England and how it influenced his art. Winslow Homer (1836-1910) is widely regarded as the greatest American painter of the 19th century, but it is not well known that he spent a pivotal period of time on the other side of the Atlantic. Th...
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Worcester Art Museum ; Milwaukee Art Museum ; in association with Yale University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Worcester, MA : Milwaukee, WI : New Haven, CT : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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A fascinating exploration of the time Winslow Homer spent in England and how it influenced his art. Winslow Homer (1836-1910) is widely regarded as the greatest American painter of the 19th century, but it is not well known that he spent a pivotal period of time on the other side of the Atlantic. The eighteen months Homer spent in England in 1881 and 1882-studying the work of masters such as J. M. W. Turner and Lawrence Alma-Tadema, and exploring the landscape of coastal villages-irrevocably shaped his creative identity. This beautifully designed and produced publication explores Homer's time in England and how it influenced his art, as he attempted to reconcile his affinity for traditional subject matter with his increasingly modern aesthetic vision. Coming Away complicates our understanding of his work and convincingly argues that it has more cosmopolitan underpinnings than previously thought. |
| Item Description: | Catalog of an exhibition held at Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, November 11, 2017-February 4, 2018, and at Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 2-May 20, 2018. |
| Carrier Form: | 167 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9780300229905 0300229909 |
| Index Number: | N6537 |
| CLC: | J231(561)-28 |
| Call Number: | J231(561)-28/A867 |
| Contents: |
Turning to England / "The Gale" / "Nothing short of grandeur" / "Hark! The lark" / "Pictures in the truest sense" : a reflection on Homer's English watercolors / |