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Coming Away: Winslow Homer and England
A fascinating exploration of the time Winslow Homer spent in England and how it influenced his art
Winslow Homer (1836–1910) is widely regarded as the greatest American painter of the 19th century, but it is not well known that he spent a pivotal period of time on the other side of the Atlantic. The eighteen months Homer spent in England in 1881 and 1882—studying the work of masters such as J. M. W. Turner and Lawrence Alma-Tadema, and exploring the landscape of coastal villages—irrevocably shaped his creative identity.
This beautifully designed and produced publication explores Homer’s time in England and how it influenced his art, as he attempted to reconcile his affinity for traditional subject matter with his increasingly modern aesthetic vision. Coming Away complicates our understanding of his work and convincingly argues that it has more cosmopolitan underpinnings than previously thought.
Published in association with the Worcester Art Museum and the Milwaukee Art Museum
Exhibition Worcester Art Museum
(11/11/17–02/04/18) Milwaukee Art Museum
(03/02/18–05/20/18)
Winslow Homer (1836–1910) is widely regarded as the greatest American painter of the 19th century, but it is not well known that he spent a pivotal period of time on the other side of the Atlantic. The eighteen months Homer spent in England in 1881 and 1882—studying the work of masters such as J. M. W. Turner and Lawrence Alma-Tadema, and exploring the landscape of coastal villages—irrevocably shaped his creative identity.
This beautifully designed and produced publication explores Homer’s time in England and how it influenced his art, as he attempted to reconcile his affinity for traditional subject matter with his increasingly modern aesthetic vision. Coming Away complicates our understanding of his work and convincingly argues that it has more cosmopolitan underpinnings than previously thought.
Published in association with the Worcester Art Museum and the Milwaukee Art Museum
Exhibition Worcester Art Museum
(11/11/17–02/04/18) Milwaukee Art Museum
(03/02/18–05/20/18)
168 pages, Hardcover
Published November 28, 2017
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November 4, 2018
This is a gorgeous book. We were lucky to see the exhibition in Worchester last December.
So the images in this book are totally 5 stars. There are beautiful reproductions of important Homer images. The essays, on the other hand, are narrowly scholarly and leave important questions unanswered about the time that Homer spent in England (e.g., why did he chose the particular part of England, what was his daily life like there, etc.). I would downgrade the book to 4 stars because of the arid nature of the essays but the images are so great that it still deserves 5 stars!
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So the images in this book are totally 5 stars. There are beautiful reproductions of important Homer images. The essays, on the other hand, are narrowly scholarly and leave important questions unanswered about the time that Homer spent in England (e.g., why did he chose the particular part of England, what was his daily life like there, etc.). I would downgrade the book to 4 stars because of the arid nature of the essays but the images are so great that it still deserves 5 stars!
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