1836-1910

"A picture book about painter Winslow Homer's fascination with waves and the ocean"--Provided by the publisher.

Catalogue published on the occasion of an exhibition held Aug. 18-Oct. 21, 1990, at the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.; Nov. 17, 1990-Jan. 13, 1991 at the Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Ill.; Feb. 8-May 27, 1991, at the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; and June 22-Sept. 2, 1991, at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass.

Explains how Homer's reclusive lifestyle and independence from schools and masters led him to create modern American art.

Explains how Homer's reclusive lifestyle and independence from schools and masters led him to create modern American art.

Two misfit teenagers help American artist Winslow Homer refocus when he returns disillusioned from the Civil War.

Presents thirty-three color reproductions of marine paintings by Winslow Homer, and includes essays which examine Homer's development as an artist, and discuss his influence on other American painters.

Collects a wide variety of reproductions of American artist Winslow Homer's watercolor paintings, with a discussion of his process, materials, and uses of different colors and paper textures in the pursuit of the proper depiction of light.