Artist of the Month: Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer is known as one of the greatest American painters of the 19th Century. Homer had a varied career including printmaker, artist-report, painter. In his early career, Winslow Homer traveled with the Union Troops during the Civil War. Afterwards, he went on to paint everyday life and picturesque waterscapes to dramatic paintings of life on the sea.
Jul 30 / Cindy Wise

Breezing Up (A Fair Wind) 1873
oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art

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Boys Wading 1873
watercolor
National Gallery of Art

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The Life Line 1884
oil on canvas
Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Gulf Stream 1899
oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art


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Winslow Homer 1880
photography

Napoleon Sarony (1821–1896)


Fast Facts:

Birth: February 24, 1836 Boston, MA
Death: September 29, 1910 Maine 74 years of age
Works of art: over 2000 - paintings, drawings, prints
Medium: Oil paint, watercolors, drawings
Art Classification: Realism 
Interesting Tidbits:
Self-taught Artist
Favorite: Loved Nature
Career Start: Commercial printmaker 2 years,
                              apprenticeship at age 19
Harper's Weekly: 1858 - 1874 Artist-reporter.
 Illustrations of the Civil War. Sent to the war front several times. One of the few artists-reporters to travel with the Union Troops and give first hand depiction of the war.
1873: started painting regularly with watercolors
Unique Lodgings: Lived in Eastern Point Lighthouse, MA for a short time
Travels: Key West, Bahamas, Cuba, Canada, Adirondack Mountains, England
Snap the Whip 1872
oil on canvas
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio 
The County School 1871
oil on canvas
St. Louis Art Museum
CREATE: 
 CREATE a work of art featuring
the water and or water activity - lake, pond, river, waterfall, ocean, bay, sound. 🚣🏽🏄🏽‍♀️⛵🎣🖼️

Carefully OBSERVE
The Life Line and The Gulf Stream.  What do you notice?
Look closely at the details.
There is an incredible
 story taking place. 🔍

 CREATE a work of art that tells
 a dramatic story. 🎭🖼️

WRITE the beginning/ending to
The Life Line
or The Gulf Stream. 📝

WRITE a dramatic story - it could be fiction or real life! 🎭📝

If you could INTERVIEW Winslow Homer, what questions would you ask him? 🎤
Home Sweet Home 1863
oil on canvas
Patrons' Permanent Fund
National Gallery of Art
Crab Fishing 1883
watercolor
Worcester Art Museum

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