Yale University Press | ISBN:0300184425 | File Type: PDF, 184 pages | File size: 62.Mb | Oct. 30th, 2012
General Art Collections: Winslow Homer and Maine In 1883 American artist Winslow Homer 1836 1910 moved his studio from New York City to routs Neck a slip of coastline just south of ortland Maine Here over the course of twenty five years Homer produced his most celebrated and emotionally powerf paintings which often depicted the dramatic views and storm strewn skies around his home Homer s influence and the routs Neck area wod have a profound effect on the rise of a new American modernism inspiring the artists who followed him This beautifly illustrated catalogue celebrates Homer s legacy at routs Neck and documents the ortland Museum of Art s six year conservation project to preserve the Winslow Homer Studio the former carriage house in which Homer lived and worked hotographs of the studio and site never before open to the public highlight views that are recognizable as the subject of so many of Homer s paintings Essays by leading scholars examine his iconic masterpieces his artistic development in routs Neck the architecture of his studio his relationship to French painting and the fl range of his marine paintings
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