Winslow Homer
American, 1836–1910
Born in Boston, Massachusetts; died in Prouts Neck, Maine.
Homer began as an illustrator, covering the Civil War for Harper’s Weekly, and first made his name in painting with scenes of soldiers and country life. A stay at the fishing village of Cullercoats on the English coast in 1881–82 turned him towards the sea, and from 1883 he lived at Prouts Neck, Maine, painting the Atlantic in all weathers. He was also a fluent watercolourist in the Adirondacks, Canada and the Caribbean, and The Gulf Stream draws on those southern journeys.
Written by Ochre Editions.
- In the collection
- 16 worksDated 1862–1906
- Mostly
- Drawing, Painting, Graphic Arts-Print, Watercolor
- Movement
- RealismOrdinary people and working lives, painted as they were, from the 1840s on.
The works
