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美国画家温斯洛·荷马(Winslow Homer)1874年绘制的帆布油画展示了两个男孩在牧场中休息,一派19世纪美国乡村标志性的宁静景象,引起了对往事的怀恋。(http://zx.findart.com.cn/10619574-zx.html)
Winslow Homer is one of the most important artists in the history of American art. Born February 24, 1836 in Boston, Massachusetts, Homer was a self-taught artist and began his career as an apprentice with a Boston lithographer. He became a freelance illustrator in New York City, working for popular magazines of the time such as Haper's Weekly. As a sketch artist, Homer's views of the Civil War brought him national attention. Homer also spent time in France, England, as well as the Bahamas before moving permanently to Prouts Neck in Scarborough, Maine, 12 miles south of Portland. He is widely known for his skill with watercolors and oils as well as his powerful marine scenes of rugged waves and solitary figures. Homer died at his studio on Prouts Neck on September 29, 1910 at the age of 74.
The relationship between Winslow Homer and the Portland Museum of Art is long-standing and intimate. Homer exhibited at the Museum in 1893, then called the Portland Society of Art, during his lifetime.
The Portland Museum of Art acquired the Winslow Homer Studio on January 31, 2006. The Studio and the surrounding grounds are closed to the public while construction and restoration projects take place. The Museum will open the Studio in September 2012.
One of the most significant locations in the history of American art, the Studio is where the great American artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910) lived and painted many of his masterpieces from 1883 until his death. (http://www.portlandmuseum.org/about/homerstudio.shtml) |
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