Watercolors by Winslow Homer : The Color of Light
by Martha Tedeschi with Kristi Dahm; Contributions by Judith Walsh and Karen HuangFormat: Trade Book
Pub. Date: 2008-02-26
Publisher(s): Art Inst of Chicago
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Summary
American painter Winslow Homer (1836-1910) created some of the most breathtaking and influential watercolors in the history of the medium. This handsome volume provides a comprehensive look at Homer's technical and artistic practice as a watercolorist, and at the experiences that shaped his remarkable development. Focusing on over one hundred watercolors - including twenty-five rarely seen examples from the Art Institute of Chicago's collection ... along with more than thirty related drawings and paintings, the book offers an enriched understanding of Homer's techniques as they evolved over his career.
Author Biography
Martha Tedeschi is curator of prints and drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago and co-author of the catalogue raisonné The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler (Yale), winner of the Wittenborn Prize. Judith Walsh, formerly paper conservator at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, is a professor in the Art Conservation Program at Buffalo State University.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. 6 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 7 |
| Notes to the Reader | p. 11 |
| Preface: A Gradual Awakening in Favor: Winslow Homer and Watercolor Collecting in Chicago | p. 12 |
| Introduction: A Bold, Unguided Effort: The Self-Education of America's Master in Watercolor | p. 18 |
| Fresh Air and Pure Impressions: Early Watercolors | p. 35 |
| More Skillful, More Refined, More Delicate: England | p. 75 |
| A Light on the Sea: Prout's Neck | p. 107 |
| A Special Communion with Nature: The Adirondacks and Quebec | p. 135 |
| Memoranda of Travel: The Tropics | p. 169 |
| Winslow Homer and the Color Theories of Michel-Eugene Chevreul | p. 199 |
| Intention and Alteration: Winslow Homer's Watercolor Palette | p. 206 |
| Notes | p. 216 |
| Selected Bibliography | p. 225 |
| Index of Technical Terms | p. 227 |
| Index of Works | p. 228 |
| Technical Commentaries | |
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