Winslow Homer

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Original oil on canvas painting by Russian artist Mihail Chemiakin (b. 1943).

Works by prominent Russian artists to headline Elite Decorative Arts' June 8 auction

Released: May 22, 2013

(BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – High-quality works of art with impeccable provenance – to include oil paintings by Russian artists Mihail Chemiakin and M.V. Brusilovsky – will headline a Fine Artwork & Decorative Arts Auction on Saturday, June 8, at Elite Decorative Arts, in the firm’s showroom located at the Quantum Town Center (1034 Gateway Blvd.) in Boynton Beach. The auction will kick off promptly at 1 p.m. (EST). Over 300 lots will come up for bid. In addition to fine art, items will include porcelain, bronzes, silver, estate jewelry, art glass, Chinese objects and more. “Our more rece...

Winslow Homer's "Eight Bells," 1886, oil on canvas, anonymous gift, Addison Gallery of American Art.

Addison Gallery of American Art Re-opens with 5 New Exhibitions

Released: October 7, 2011

On October 8, the Addison Gallery of American Art, affiliated with Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass, will once again welcome the public after an extended summer closure for the restoration of its historic glass roof. In celebration of the reopening and of the museum's 80th birthday, the Addison is inviting the public to attend a festive evening, free of charge, on Friday, October 14, 6:30--8:30 pm. For additional information, please visit addisongallery.org or call 978-749-4015. "There is a wonderful array of distinctive exhibitions debuting ...

Winslow Homer, United States, 1836 - 1910. Weatherbeaten, 1894, oil on canvas, 28 1/2 x 48 3/8 inches. Bequest of Charles Shipman Payson

Portland Museum of Art ‘s Winslow Homer Studio Opens in September 2012

Released: October 5, 2011

In September 2012, the Portland Museum of Art will open the Winslow Homer Studio to the public. One of the most significant locations in the history of American art, the Studio, located at Prouts Neck, Maine, is where the great American artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910) lived and painted many of his masterpieces from 1883 until his death. A National Historic Landmark, the renovated Winslow Homer Studio will celebrate the artist’s life, encourage scholarship on Homer, and educate audiences to appreciate the artistic heritage of Winslow Homer and Maine. Tours of the Studio will begin f...

Winslow Homer (1836-1910) Defense of the Baggage Train, ca 1888. Pencil and white chalk on paper, 9-3/4 x 17-1/4 inches. Signed and dated lower right: W.H. 1865.

Civil War drawing by Winslow Homer at New York's Gavin Spanierman

Released: April 20, 2011

Nearly twenty years after the end of the Civil War, Clarence Clough Buel and Robert Underwood Johnson, editors at Century Magazine, a monthly publication popular in the 19th and early 20th century, proposed a series of articles written by surviving participants from both sides of the conflict, North and South. The "Century War series" ran from 1884-1887 and proved to be so popular that the magazine's publishers decided to anthologize it. The publication also featured more than a thousand maps, engraved portraits, and other original artwork created by some of America's top illustrators an...

Winslow Homer, Girl in a Hammock, 1873, Oil on canvas, 21 x 27 1/8 inches, Colby College Museum of Art, The Lunder Collection.

Colby College Museum of Art Summer Exhibitions

Released: June 7, 2010

This summer the Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville, Maine, will present never-before exhibited early drawings by the iconic American artist Will Barnet, a collection-based overview of the work of Winslow Homer, and the contemporary artist Sharon Lockhart’s selections from and installation of the collection to accompany her Maine-made Lunch Break works. The Colby Museum’s ongoing exhibitions dedicated to the work of James McNeill Whistler continue with a special exhibition of works by Whistler and his aesthetically minded peers. Also on view will be numerous new acquisitions including...

Maurice Brazil Prendergast, (American, 1859-1924), The Stony Pasture, circa 1896-1897. Watercolor and graphite on paper, 19 3/8 in. x 13 7/8 in. (49.21 cm x 35.24 cm). Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire. Museum Purchase: George A. Leighton and Mabel Putney Folsom Fund, 1959.6

Watercolors on Display for the First Time in 20 Years at the Currier Museum of Art

Released: February 1, 2010

This spring the Currier Museum of Art brings from its vault a magnificent collection of watercolor paintings as it presents From Homer to Hopper: American Watercolor Masterworks from the Currier Museum of Art, from March 6 through June 7, 2010. The exhibition is a highlight of a year-long celebration of the museum's 80th anniversary that focuses on the strength and diversity of the Currier's collection. From Homer to Hopper is drawn from the impressive collection of watercolors that the museum has built over its 80-year history. These extraordinary works - by such nationally known masters ...

Winslow Homer (1836-1910), Trooper Meditating Beside a Grave, 1865

"Bold, Cautious, True: Walt Whitman and American Art of the Civil War Era" On-View at Katonah Museum of Art

Released: November 5, 2009

The Katonah Museum of Art (www.katonahmuseum.org) will present Bold, Cautious, True: Walt Whitman and American Art of the Civil War Era October 18, 2009 through January 24, 2010. Through excerpts of Whitman’s writing paired with some of the most important artworks of the mid-nineteenth century, Bold, Cautious, True creates an authentic window to America’s social and art history, with a poignant view of its bloodiest war. A champion of America and the individual, Whitman contributed to the war through his literary talents and by nursing wounded soldiers. Although he published no poetry...