"Winslow Homer's Empire State ... A thin white sliver of fishing line unfurls against the dark background of the shoreline like a wafting plume of smoke. Homer renders the scene in a loose ...

Winslow Homer has aged well. During his lifetime—he was born in Boston in 1836 and died in Prouts Neck, Maine, in 1910—he was a critical and commercial success. Since his death he has been ...

The opening of “Crosscurrents” coincides with the publication of a new biography, Winslow Homer: American Passage, by William R. Cross. Both endeavors aim to refresh our understanding of an ...

By Roberta Smith The wondrous exhibition “Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents” at the Metropolitan ... Notable for its stillness, it presents his signature bank of dark clouds, blocking most of ...

Considered one of the foremost artists of 19th century America Art, Winslow ... between light and dark, clean lines and simplified forms he captured the American scene, characterized by his directness ...

Considered one of the foremost 19 th century America artists, Winslow Homer ... light and dark, clean lines and simplified forms, he captured the American scene, characterized by his directness and ...

This is the moment that Winslow Homer shows us in “The Fog Warning ... seawater that beneath its slate-gray skin is briny and dark; the cresting, coverless boat, its naked contents available ...

This is a small, dark canvas that the artist himself denigrated by writing on the back, ”Winslow Homer would like to have the privilege of painting a better picture.” But in one respect he ...

A household name in the US, Winslow Homer created dramatic images of human ... He fixes his gaze with stoic determination on the dark, expansive waters filled with waves through which any number ...

The indoor setting, presumably Homer's studio, is dark and empty but for a small spot ... the Homer sons well established in their careers…Winslow had courted a pretty school teacher, but ...