Winslow Homer: 150 Realist Oil Paintings - Realism - Annotated Series

WINSLOW HOMER: 150 OIL PAINTINGS Art Book contains 150 HD Oil on canvas and panel reproductions of landscapes, seascapes, portraits and genre scenes. Book includes Table of Contents, Top 50 Museums of the World and Interesting Facts page below. Formatted for Kindle Fire HD 8.9, Kindle Fire, Kindle e-ink, Kindle for iOS tablets and all Android Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).

BORN: February 24, 1836 in Boston, Massachusetts.
DIED: September 29, 1910 in Prouts Neck, Maine.

MOVEMENT: Realism

INTERESTING FACTS:
§ Homer was first taught painting by his Mother who was a gifted amateur watercolorist.
§ In 1855, Homer apprenticed to J.H. Bufford, a Boston commercial lithographer.
§ In 1859, he opened his first studio in the Tenth Street Studio Building in New York City.
§ In 1861, Homer was sent by Harper's Weekly to sketch the American Civil War.
§ In 1863, he attended classes at the National Academy of Design, becoming proficient in oil painting.
§ In 1875, Homer stopped working as a commercial illustrator, determined to make it on his own as an oil and watercolor painter.
§ In 1877, he exhibited, An Afternoon Sun, for the first time at the Boston Art Club.
§ In 1883, Homer moved to his family's estate in Prouts Neck, Maine. There, he painted his most remarkable seascapes.
§ Homer’s oil painting, The Fox Hunt was his largest painting and the first to be bought by a major museum (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts).

NOTABLE WORKS:
Breezing up, The Fox Hunt, Right and Left, Home Sweet Home, Snap the Whip, After the Hurricane.