Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Winslow Homer
Born: February 24, 1836
Died: September 29, 1910 (aged 74)
Bio: Winslow Homer was an American landscape painter and printmaker, 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.
Known for:
- Snap the Whip (1872)
- Breezing Up (A Fair Wind) (1876)
- The Gulf Stream (1899)
- The Fog Warning (1885)
- Prisoners from the Front (1866)