"The Sun will not rise, or set, without my notice and thanks."
-- Winslow Homer
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| Winslow Homer quote, written on Pat Howard demo painting |
Happy Birthday (tomorrow) to Winslow Homer (1836-1910), one of the great American artists, and considered the father of the American Watercolor Movement.
A self-taught Boston illustrator, Homer worked for "Harper's Weekly" during the Civil War. The watercolors came rather late in his 50-year art career. For over 30 years, his winters were devoted to oil painting, while summers were for outdoor life, and executing hundreds of watercolors.
When asked by a biographer to evaluate his own work, Homer replied, "You will see; in the future, I will live by my watercolors".
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| Fresh Air, 1878. Watercolor with opaque white highlights over charcoal on paper. Signed and dated lower right: Winslow Homer/1878 (Dick S. Ramsay Fund) |
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