On the 180th anniversary of Winslow Homer's birth, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Store celebrates his beloved maritime works in the collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Happy birthday to Winslow Homer, born on this day in 1836. Homer is regarded by many as the greatest American painter of the nineteenth century. Learn about the artist and view a slideshow of works:http://met.org/1R6TdP2
Featured Artwork of the Day: Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910) | The Studio | 1867 http://bit.ly/1NnyWWP
With its references to life and death, Winslow Homer's iconic composition offers a powerful meditation on America's sacrifices and its potential for recovery.
Featured Artwork of the Day: Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910) | The Veteran in a New Field | 1865 http://met.org/20416d7
With its references to life and death, Winslow Homer's iconic composition offers a powerful meditation on America's sacrifices and its potential for recovery.
Featured Artwork of the Day: Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910) | The Veteran in a New Field | 1865 http://met.org/20416d7
The Gallery is home to a wonderful collection of Winslow Homer works, 129 in all, most of them works on paper. This article by Amy Athey McDonald for Yale News details Homer's work as a Civil War correspondent producing illustrations of battle scenes and camp life for Harper's Weekly. Now on view in the American paintings and sculpture galleries are several oil paintings by Homer. The Civil War engravings featured in this story are viewable by appointment in the James E. Duffy Study Room for Prints, Drawings and Photographs.
The Gallery is home to a wonderful collection of Winslow Homer works, 129 in all, most of them works on paper. This article by Amy Athey McDonald for Yale News details Homer's work as a Civil War correspondent producing illustrations of battle scenes and camp life for Harper's Weekly. Now on view in the American paintings and sculpture galleries are several oil paintings by Homer. The Civil War engravings featured in this story are viewable by appointment in the James E. Duffy Study Room for Prints, Drawings and Photographs.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
With its dual references to death and life, Homer's iconic composition offers a powerful meditation on America's sacrifices and its potential for recovery.
Featured Artwork of the Day: Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910) | The Veteran in a New Field | 1865 http://met.org/1DDxWDG
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
With its dual references to death and life, Homer's iconic composition offers a powerful meditation on America's sacrifices and its potential for recovery.
Featured Artwork of the Day: Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910) | The Veteran in a New Field | 1865 http://met.org/1DDxWDG
Late in his career, Homer became fascinated with the idea of the struggle of people against the sea and the relationship of fragile, transient human life to the timelessness of nature.
Featured Artwork of the Day: Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910) | Hurricane, Bahamas | 1898 http://met.org/1rU5ADf
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