NOVEMBER6, 2013 PROGRAM - WINSLOW HOMER

Tammy Muente, who had given a presentation for us on John Singer Sargeant in February, 2013, returned for a Power Point presentation on Winslow Homer's Adirondack series watercolors.

Homer began his career as an illustrator for Harper's Weekly, covering the Civil War.

His travels to England resulted in a series of watercolors and oils representative of the fishermen's wives who waited eagerly for their husbands' safe return from the sea.

Homer was an avid outdoorsman, fisherman and sportsman who began using watercolors to represent the ordinary lives of Americans.  In 1873 he declared "I will live by my watercolors".  

When Homer lived in  the Adirondacks, he painted a series of paintings dealing with his love of fishing and hunting.

As more areas of the country were cleared for America's westward expansion, many of Homer's paintings show his concern for the changing way of American life.