Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer was a landscape painter, illustrator, and printmaker based in the United States. Homer was mostly self-taught and began his career as a commercial illustrator, contributing to Harper’s Weekly. His landscapes reflected scenes from his working vacations, and his paintings with figures in them masterfully convey unspoken emotion and tension.

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Winslow Homer received a compliment from famous American author Henry James, who described his work by saying Homer had 'incontestably succeeded' in showcasing quotidian subjects in a pictorial way.

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Artists should never look at pictures, but should stutter in a language of their own.