Winslow Homer Quotes

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If a man wants to be an artist, he should never look at pictures.

Winslow Homer

It is wonderful how much depends upon the relations of black and white A black and white, if properly balanced, suggests colour.

Winslow Homer

The life that I have chosen gives me my full hours of enjoyment.

Winslow Homer

I regret very much that I have painted a picture that requires any description.

Winslow Homer

I prefer every time a picture composed and painted outdoors. The thing is done without your knowing it.

Winslow Homer

You have the sky overhead giving one light; then the reflected light from whatever reflects; then the direct light of the sun; so that, in the blending and suffusing of these several luminations, there is no such thing as a line to be seen anywhere.

Winslow Homer

The most interesting part of my life is of no concern to the public.

Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer

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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)

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