Original Wood Engravings by
Winslow Homer
(1836-1910)
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Though self-taught, Winslow Homer attained recognition as America's most celebrated artist. He began his career as a graphic artist and essentially he remained one all of his life. Until he was over 26, his work was almost entirely in black and white - lithography, illustration and drawing. Only when he was approaching 27 did he begin to paint regularly and, until he was nearly 40, he carried on a double career of painting and illustration. Homer's first magazine illustrations appeard in June, 1857 in the staid Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion and, two months later in the prestigious new magazine Harper's Weekly of New York. His very realistic drawings centered on seaside resorts, the life of the New England fisherman, children at play and, during the Civil War, both battle scenes and activity of the soldiers' life. Although major art collections worldwide contain examples of Homer's consummate artistic ability, the American public came to know and love Winslow Homer through his hundreds of magazine illustrations. |
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