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This 5 page paper examines the most famous American artist of his day, whose work spanned the 19th and 20th centuries. Although largely self-taught, Homer became a master of etchings, oils, and watercolors. Guide and Dog - 1889 is discussed as an examplative Adirondack work. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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man," says one of the two, obviously fresh from the city, "if you can tell me where I can find Winslow Homer, I have a quarter here for you." The
other man, a Yankee fisherman with a drooping mustache, wears an old felt hat and rubber boots. He is small and weather-beaten, with the skeptical look of a terrier, and
just as quick to pounce: "Wheres your quarter?" The stranger hands it over. "I am Winslow Homer," says the fisherman, taking the money.
He is also the most famous American artist of his day, which spanned the 19th and 20th centuries. Although largely self-taught, Homer became a master of etchings,
oils, and watercolors. On his own he developed Impressionist techniques like those Monet and Renoir perfected years later. He changed the way Americans saw watercolor, elevating an amateur medium to
a serious art form. He influenced generations of artists, ranging from Rockwell Kent to Edward Hopper to N.C. Wyeth, who named a house "Eight Bells" after a Homer painting (Poole
72). Winslow hated a lie," said one of his relatives, summing up the basic nature of an modest man who persisted, through trial
and error, in an artistic career that lasted 50 years and produced some 2,000 known works. Such a large body of work leaves admirers like Nicolai Cikovsky Jr., a
Homer scholar and senior curator of American and British paintings at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. shaking their heads in amazement. "The great thing about Homer
is that there is no point in his career when he falters," says Cikovsky, "He just gets better and better almost until the moment of his death. This is very,
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