Winslow Homer

by Shanes, Eric

• ISBN13: 9780932171504
• ISBN10: 0932171508
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-15
• Publisher: Terra Museum of Amer Art

Summary

Waves battering the weathered rocks on a shore, carefree young boys sailing on open waters: Winslow Homer's evocative seascapes are among the most distinctive and powerful in American art. Rather than following the trends of impressionism that dominated his generation, Homer forged his own path to modernity, developing a distinctly original style that sets him apart from contemporaries. Nowhere is this more evident than in his seascapes, where abstractions and dynamic expression battle the pictorial realism for which he is best known. Organised by geographic location, this book reveals Homer's keen ability to capture the quintessence of nature, from the raw coast of Maine to the balmy shores of the Caribbean, through his remarkable capacity to adapt materials and techniques to the locale. The works assembled simultaneously capture the unique landscape of their geographic settings, issues of pictorial representation in general, and the universality of man's relationship to the sea. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Sophie Lévy is the chief curator of the Musée d’Art Américain Giverny/Terra Foundation for American Art.

 

Table of Contents

Winslow Homer: Poet of the Sea	12	(14)
Eric Shanes
Homer's Wine-Dark Seas	26	(14)
Marc A. Simpson
Mixing Oil and Water: The Development of Winslow Homer's Painting	40	(14)
Judith C. Walsh
Catalogue
The Emergence of the Seascape: The East Coast	54	(20)
Sophie Levy
The Perils of the Sea: Cullercoats, England	74	(16)
Bronwyn A. E. Griffith
Mastering the Elements: Prout's Neck, Maine	90	(26)
Sophie Levy
`Memoranda of Travel': The Adirondacks, Canada and the Tropics	116	(25)
Vanessa Lecomte
Checklist to the Exhibition	141	(3)
Chronology	144	(4)
Selected Bibliography	148