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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Winslow Homer"”.
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The Gilded Tropics: Winslow Homer and John Singer Sargent in Florida, 1886-1917
… dissertation examines the Floridian works of Winslow Homer and John Singer Sargent in the context of tourism, race, and the environment as perceptions of the tropics in an Anglo-American context. Both artists sojourned in Florida and produced a number of watercolors and related oils that not …
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Patterns of Existence: An Analysis of the Personal Inspirations, Historical Influences, and Motivations
… American Realist artists such as Andrew Wyeth, Winslow Homer, and Edward Hopper. I explore these ideas because I am fascinated with the mysteries of the natural world. My paintings are contemplations on personal ephemeral moments I experience. My exhibition, paper, and talk highlight the parts …
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Turbulent Bodies: Disruptive Materiality in American Painting, 1880-1940
… processes of painting of the American artists Winslow Homer (1836-1910), Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847-1917), and John Marin (1870-1953). It situates their practices in the context of late-nineteenth and twentieth-century American culture by thinking of painting as a phenomenal experience shaped …
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The Ten American Painters: definition and reassessment
… was entitled, "Eleven Painters Secede.” Although Winslow Homer was invited to join, by 1898 he had become something of a recluse and graciously refused the invitation.</p> <p>....</p> <p>Was the formation of the "Ten" a truly collective effort to propound certain artistic theories or was it a …
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A regional study of American genre painting from 1830-1880
… with small figures lost within nature's expanse. Winslow Homer portrays farm life in Upper New York State, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Maple sugar camps in Fryeburg, Maine and cranberry harvests in Nantucket comprise Eastmen Johnson's repertoire. Lastly, the romantic and mysterious genre of …
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American Images of Childhood in an Age of Educational and Social Reform, 1870-1915
During the period 1870-1915, painters and photographers created some of the most famous contributions to American imagery. More often than not, these images dealt with the extraordinarily complex social issue of children and childhood, and the way that the sentimental value of children evolved …