Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer

American painter Winslow Homer was born in Boston in 1836. Homer's mother was an amateur watercolor painter, and through her influence, Homer was naturally exposed to art as a child and developed his talent.

During the Civil War, he gained fame as a war documentary painter, but later learned watercolor painting at an evening art school and painted landscapes and genre paintings throughout the East and South throughout his life. And he received absolute support from the public through his lyrical expressions of popular topics.

At first, Homer started with oil paintings, but in the 1870s, he

 He begins painting in watercolor, exploring the effects of bright, transparent paints.

At a time when most painters painted more oil paintings. Watercolor painting was perceived by artists as a simple preparatory painting, but Homer was the first painter to exhibit watercolor paintings as completed works.

As a result, watercolor quickly emerged as a major art medium.  He mainly painted the sea, sheltering from the storm in a small cabin. He devoted himself to expressing the intensity, tranquility, and mysterious atmosphere of the sea. These are the works of his later years that were created in this way. He will rise to the ranks of America's great masters.

Look at nature, work independently, and solve your own problems 
by Winslow Homer

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