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Winslow Homer
American landscape painter (–)
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Born | ()February 24, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | ()September 29, (aged 74) Prouts Neck, Maine, U.S. |
Education | Lithographyapprenticeship, –56 National Academy of Design (painting), Paris (informal), |
Knownfor | Drawing Wood engraving Oil painting Watercolor painting |
Notable work | Harper's Weekly Magazine Ballou's Pictorial Magazine Snap the Whip The Veteran in a New Field Breezing Up (A Fair Wind) |
Movement | Realism, American Realism |
Winslow Homer (February 24, – September 29, ) was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects.
He is considered one of the foremost painters of 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in American art in general.
Largely self-taught, Homer began his career working as a commercial illustrator.[1] He subsequently took up oil painting and produced major studio works cha