Winslow Homer’s early masterpiece captured a new ... ominously charged paintings I know. Homer painted “Sharpshooter” after spending two months in the spring of 1862 at Yorktown, Va., ...

How do you re-create the inner life of an artist who did not talk about art? Sharpshooter (1863) Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). Sharpshooter, 1863. Oil on canvas. 12 1/4 x 16 1/2 in.

Image Installation view of “Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents ... the glaringly promising “Sharpshooter” (1863), seen at the start of the exhibition. It shows a Union sniper wedged in a ...

Homer compared the sharpshooter's job as being "as near murder ... author of the comprehensive biography, Winslow Homer: American Passage. "Throughout his life, Homer had a deep heart for ...

The art of the famously reticent New England painter Winslow Homer (1836-1910) has often been studied through the lens of American history and criticism. Famed for his thunderous seascapes and ...

The frugal Winslow Homer was at his most parsimonious with words—especially when asked to reveal his aesthetic ideas or his methods of working. "I think it would probably kill me to have such a ...

Two Winslow Homer paintings that were recently appraised on Antiques Roadshow have been auctioned by Christie's during its 19th century American Art and Western Painting sales on January 23.

These words by Winslow Homer in a letter to his brother Charles impressed me; they were written in 1895 on the eve of his 59th birthday and they’re part of a show of Homer’s work at the Metropolitan ...

Against this forbidding backdrop, American painter Winslow Homer (1836–1910) introduces us to a fox treading through the snowy foreground. A red fox, abundant in Maine. Homer’s is accurately ...

Searching for peace and quiet to work on his paintings while being haunted by images of the Civil War, Winslow Homer's solitude is interrupted by two children. Gabe lives in the shadow of his ...