Winslow Homer : painter, etcher / Ramey Mize ; with essays by Michael Leja and Judith C. Walsh ; and with contributions by Kathleen A. Foster, Laurel Garber, Elisa Germán, Frank H. Goodyear III, Diana Greenwold, Christina Michelon, Brooks Rich, Winslow Trainum, Shannon Vittoria, and Gordon Wilkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mize, Ramey, author.

Contributor:

Leja, Michael, 1951- contributor.

Walsh, Judith C., contributor.

Foster, Kathleen A., contributor.

Garber, Laurel, contributor.

Germán, Elisa, contributor.

Goodyear, Frank H., III, 1967- contributor.

Greenwold, Diana, contributor.

Michelon, Christina, contributor.

Rich, Brooks, contributor.

Trainum, Winslow, contributor.

Vittoria, Shannon, contributor.

Wilkins, Gordon, contributor.

Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910, artist.

Portland Museum of Art, issuing body, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910--Exhibitions.

Homer, Winslow.

Etching, American--Exhibitions.

Etching, American.

Painting, American--Exhibitions.

Painting, American.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

xix, 188 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Maine : The Portland Museum of Art ; New Haven : London : Yale University Press, [2026]

Summary:

"American artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910) is renowned for his masterful depictions of American life that offer sensitive portrayals of the complexity of the U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction periods, dazzling watercolors from extensive travels across the Atlantic, Adirondacks, and Caribbean, as well as monumental marines from his studio home in Prouts Neck, Maine. His early work in the 1850s and 1860s as a commercial illustrator for magazines such asHarper's WeeklyandBallou's Pictorialis well documented; less well known is the series of etchings Homer completed later in his career, between 1884 and 1889, which he counted among his finest artistic achievements, asserting that they were "as good work . . . as I ever did. This book is the first to foreground the role of Homer's understudied etchings within his growing stature as an artist and his evolving strategies in the rapidly evolving nineteenth-century pictorial landscape. Most of these prints revisit subjects of popular oil paintings and watercolors by the artist, includingThe Life Line(1884),Eight Bells(1886), andMending the Nets(1882), and highlight his captivation with the medium through extravagant linework, lush details, and a dazzling variety of intaglio techniques. Featuring essays by respected scholars and curators, and illustrated with dozens of objects and comparative images that document progressive work across states, this book will enthrall Homer enthusiasts as it reorients the importance of the artist's etching practice within his prolific oeuvre and against the backdrop of late nineteenth-century American art." --Amazon.

Contents:

Winslow Homer: painter, etcher / Ramey Mize

From idea to impression: The mechanics of Winslow Homer's etchings / Judith C. Walsh

Winslow Homer and the printer ecology of his time / Michael Leja

Girl Posing in a Chair, 1870-1880 / Christina Michelon

The Life Line, 1884 / Kathleen A. Foster

Two Heads (Study After "Undertow"), ca. 1886, printed ca. 1967 and Study for "Undertow," ca. 1886 / Laurel Garber

Eight Bells, 1887 / Gordon Wilkins

A Voice from the Cliffs, 1888 / Elisa Germán

Perils of the Sea, 1888 / Diana Greenwold

Mending the Tears, 1888 / Shannon Vittoria

Saved, 1889 / Kathleen A. Foster

Fly Fishing, Saranac Lake, 1889 / Frank H. Goodyear III

Remarques on Winslow Homer's etchings / Brooks Rich

Winslow Homer, copyright, and A Voice from the Cliffs / Judith C. Walsh

Lifetime versus posthumous impressions of etchings by Winslow Homer / Judith C. Walsh and Ramey Mize.

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, July 3-October 18, 2026.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0300286864

9780300286861

OCLC:

1535771167