Winslow Homer

Born: February 24, 1836
City and Country of Origin: Boston, Massachussetts
Painting School: Realist
Art Training: A self taught draftsman he apprenticed in the leading Boston lithographic shop of John H. Bufford
Exhibitions: Boston Athenaeum 1859-64, Brooklyn Art Association 1861-79, Boston Art Club 1873-80
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Major Works: "Eight Bells," "Kissing the Moon"
Winslow Homer Biography: After he left his position at the lithographic shop of John H. Bufford he pursued a career as an illustrator becoming a regular contributor to Harper's Weekly one of the leading publications of the period. He made several trips to the front lines of the Civil War in Virginia. There he made sketches that he would use in his first important oil painting Prisoners from the Front. Around 1873 after having worked successfully in oils for almopst 20 years he began working in watercolors. At that time he was best known for his paintings of rural farm scenes in the Northeast and fashionable resort paintings. After spending a couple of years living in a fishing village in England he became interested in seascapes which would become the subject he is best known for. After 1882 he spent most of his remaining winters in Florida, Cuba or the Bahamas. The basic theme of his later work was the struggle between man and nature.
Died: 1910