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Winslow Homer: Early Prints and Paintings

Sixteen of Winslow Homer's works will be on exhibit at Reynolda House, Museum of American Art from September 24 - November 28, 1999. This exhibit, titled "Winslow Homer: Early Prints and Paintings," explores the close relationship between Homer the illustrator and Homer the painter. Classic Homer paintings such as "Haymaking" and "Peach Blossoms," will be displayed next to illustrations like "Snap the Whip," which he created for Harper's Weekly. The exhibit will reveal the cross influence from one artistic medium to the other, showing how he used the same or similar themes as he moved from media to media. (left: Haymaking, 1864, oil painting, on loan from Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio)

Among the paintings by Winslow Homer (1836-1910) are some of the best-loved images in American art. Homer, Boston born, was initially trained through his apprenticeship with a lithographer. By 1857 Homer was supporting himself almost exclusively as an art illustrator for various magazines. He preferring to work as an independent contractor as opposed to being employed by a single publisher or a publishing house. Homer began to take art classes and study painting after his move to New York City in 1859.

Comparison of Homer's illustration work for the popular press and some of his early paintings reveal cross influences in their narrative and compositional elements from one artistic medium to the other. Homer's paintings soon received critical recognition. Throughout the 1870s his magazine illustrations tended to focus on anecdotal genre images about the lives of common people, often exploring the relationships within a community. Eventually, Homer ceased to need the income from his illustration work, choosing instead to devote himself fully to oil and watercolor painting.

Paintings are on loan from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York; Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio; and a private collection. The engraving prints are from Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, and originally appeared as illustrations in periodicals, primarily Harper's Weekly.

The exhibit Winslow Homer: Early Prints and Paintings will include:

• Haymaking, 1864, oil painting, on loan from Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio
• Peach Blossoms, 1878, oil painting, on loan from a private collection
• Rocky Coast and Gulls, 1869, oil painting, on loan from Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• In the Mountains, 1877, oil painting, on loan from Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
• Snap-the-Whip, 1873, engraving print, on loan from Duke University Museum of Art
• The Artist in the Country, engraving print, on loan from Duke University Museum of Art
• The Dinner Horn, engraving print, on loan from Duke University Museum of Art
• Spring Farm Work--Grafting, engraving print, on loan from Duke University Museum of Art
• High Tide, engraving print, on loan from Duke University Museum of Art
• Making Hay, engraving print, on loan from Duke University Museum of Art
• Waiting for a Bite, engraving print, on loan from Duke University Museum of Art
• The Morning Bell, engraving print, on loan from Duke University Museum of Art
• On the Beach---Two are Company, Three are None, engraving print, on loan from Duke University Museum of Art
• "Seesaw-Gloucester, Massachusetts," engraving print, on loan from Duke University Museum of Art
• The Army of the Potomac-A Sharpshooter on Picket Day, engraving print, on from from Duke University Museum of Art
• "The War-Making Havelocks for the Volunteers," engraving print, on loan from Duke University Museum of Art

This exhibit was made possible by a Henry Luce Foundation, American Collections Enhancement (ACE) Initiative grant.

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Article amended 10/10/99

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