{"id":170,"date":"2019-10-21T03:04:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T03:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/?p=170"},"modified":"2019-10-21T03:04:06","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T03:04:06","slug":"realism-pre-impressionism-pre-raphaelities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/amandawong5\/2019\/10\/21\/realism-pre-impressionism-pre-raphaelities\/","title":{"rendered":"Realism, Pre-Impressionism, & Pre-Raphaelities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WINSLOW HOMER (1836-1910)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Winslow Homer is an artist I believe first year Idea Program students can resonate with. Homer was an all-american landscape painter and printmaker who started off as a commercial illustrator at the age of 19, as he apprenticed for J. H. Bufford. Afterwards Homer began to specialize in making sheet music covers during his first two years of his career, then eventually he branched into bigger jobs such as working for Harper\u2019s Weekly. Before starting his career, Homer and his family were well off, his uncle had a mansion in Belmont that inspired Homer\u2019s first few works. Attending school at the National Academy of Design in New York, Homer was sent by Harper\u2019s to sketch and draw the Amercian Civil War in 1861-1865. This opportunity transitioned Homer\u2019s illustrated style into the more traditional art form. It was after getting back from the war was when Homer explored more with paints. 
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Homer’s “Great Russian Ball” for Harper’s Weekly (1863).
http:\/\/www.sonofthesouth.net\/Winslow_Homer_Civil_War_1863.htm<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“The Return, Tynemouth (recto) Study (verso)” (1881) was a watercolour painting painted during the American Civil War.
https:\/\/www.artic.edu\/artworks\/113064\/the-return-tynemouth-recto-study-verso<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Winslow Homer\u2019s career is a career I aspire to have. It did not seem like it was a struggle for Homer to start his career as an artist due to his apprenticeship with J. H. Bufford. Even so, Homer\u2019s family was well off and had the money to send Homer to study abroad if Harper\u2019s did not send him off to war instead. As for Homer\u2019s paintings, it makes sense as to why Homer was a well renowned landscape artist of his time. As one who has experience with watercolour, it takes a great deal of confidence to use. I say that because unlike oil paint, it is very hard to layer and fix mistakes. However, if used right, watercolour can create an illusion of airiness and movement, which is why I think watercolour suits Homer. What I can depict from Homer\u2019s art style is that it is very free handed, his strokes are painted with assurance. For example, \u201cFishing Boats, Key West\u201d is a painting of three men fishing on their fishing boats. Homer does not focus on making his painting look life like. Instead Homer focuses on giving off the illusion that the atmosphere is moving.
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“Fishing Boats, Key West” (1903)
https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/toah\/works-of-art\/10.228.1\/<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“After the Hurricane, Bahamas” (1899) is a piece that explores the idea of weather patterns and the dangers that it brings.
https:\/\/www.artic.edu\/artworks\/16776\/after-the-hurricane-bahamas<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“Prout’s Neck, Breakers” (1883). Homer focuses solely on the ocean and how with each wave contains the power to make it to shore.
https:\/\/www.artic.edu\/artworks\/16815\/prout-s-neck-breakers<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.artic.edu\/artists\/34988\/winslow-homer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/toah\/hd\/homr\/hd_homr.htm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winslow_Homer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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