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Winslow Homer
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| name = Winslow Homer
| image = Winslow Homer by Sarony.jpeg
| caption = Homer in 1880
| birth_name = Winslow Homer
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| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
| death_date = (aged 74)
| death_place = Prouts Neck, Maine, U.S.
| known_for = DrawingWood engravingOil paintingWatercolor painting
| training = Lithography apprenticeship, 1855–56National Academy of Design (painting), 1863Paris (informal), 1867
| movement = Realism, American Realism
| notable_works = Harper's Weekly MagazineBallou's Pictorial MagazineSnap the WhipThe Veteran in a New FieldBreezing Up (A Fair Wind)
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Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in American art.
Largely self-taught, Homer began his career working as a commercial illustrator. He subsequently took up oil painting and produced major studio works characterized by the weight and density he exploited from the medium. He also worked extensively in watercolor, creating a fluid and prolific oeuvre, primarily chronicling his working vacations.
Homer was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 24, 1836, the second of three sons of Charles Savage Homer and Henrietta Benson Homer, both from long lines of New Englanders. His mother was a gifted amateur watercolorist and Homer's first teacher. She and her son had a close relationship throughout their lives. Homer took on many of her traits, including her quiet, strong-willed, terse, sociable nature, her dry sense of humor, and her artistic talent. Homer had a happy childhood, growing up mostly in then-rural Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was an average student, but his art talent was evident in his early years.
Homer's father was a volatile, restless businessman who was always looking to "make a killing." When Homer was 13 years old, Charles gave up the hardware store business to seek a fortune in the California gold rush.
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