Painting the Moon Oct 19, 2009
The beauty of the moon - and a moon goddess - in paintings by William Rimmer, Winslow Homer, Felix Vallotton, Arthur Dove and Marie Laurencin ... Winslow Homer s Moonlight ... American Winslow Homer (1836-1910) used the moon s pale light as a backdrop for a number of striking works. (Suite101.com)
A diluted president with pure taste in art Oct 9, 2009
Along with a series of geometric abstractions by Josef Albers and African-American modernist Alma Thomas, paintings by George Catlin, an artist who documented Native American life just as it was ending, and the familiar Winslow Homer will be on display in those corridors for the first time. The French will be pleased that two works by Edgar Degas are represented. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Paintings at the White House Oct 8, 2009
On the more classical side, there is a melancholic "Sunset" by Winslow Homer, and two bronze dancers by Degas. Abstract artists like Mark Rothko, and Josef Albers, and conceptual stars like Edward Corbett and Jasper Johns also made the White House grade. (India Times, India)
Down the road a piece Jun 29, 2009
Must see: The Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., offers 21 works by Winslow Homer and pieces by Georgia O'Keeffe, Childe Hassam and Robert Henri. Housing an art collection established by Beech-Nut founder Bartlett Arkell, the museum underwent a $10. (Albany Times Union)
Late 19th Century Scenes of Summer Jun 22, 2009
Paintings by Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt and Thomas Eakins. Three paintings by American-born artists Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt and Thomas Eakins captured new views of the Good Old Summertime ... Numerous paintings of the era show beachscapes, river scenes or gently drifting boats, but in three particularly distinctive works, artists Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt and Thomas Eakins offered unique perspectives of these fleeting glimpses of summer. (Suite101.com)
Claim halts sale of Roadshow find May 29, 2009
A painting by the 19th century American artist Winslow Homer was pulled from auction last week, after an unexpected claim by one of the artist's family. The watercolour, Children under a Palm Tree, was discovered on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow last summer and was due to be sold in New York on 21 May. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Landscape painting shaped the direction of art for a century, then all but vanished. What happened? Mar 1, 2009
In America, "landscape" had meant the expansive 19th-century visions of Church and Bierstadt, the watercolors of Winslow Homer, and Edward Hopper's iconic New England scenes. But in a sense, the country was about to get another wave of landscape artists. (Boston Globe)
Rose Art Museum a reminder there are many hidden gems Feb 15, 2009
But many of the best art collections are tucked away in universities - at Williams College, for example, where you can find work by Winslow Homer and Edward Hopper; and Tufts University, which has pieces by Henry Moore and John Singer Sargent; and Smith College, where you can see paintings by Pablo Picasso and Georges Seurat. The Davis Museum, at Wellesley College, is a beauty. (Boston Globe)
Salisbury Curator Examines the Painter/Illustrator Tension Feb 13, 2009
In arranging the exhibition, the guest curator divided the spaces thematically, starting with an introduction and progressing through a part called "The Artist as Journalist." That section looks at artists such as Winslow Homer, John Sloane, Everett Shinn, and a little-known painter, Ben Solowey, who worked for the New York Times theater section and the old Herald Tribune. He was hired because technology was not then up to using photographs. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
