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Paintings of the Gilded Age: Winslow Homer James Whistler John Singer Sargent Mary Cassatt. Paintings of Winslow Homer. Breezing Up, 1876, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art at Washington D.C. Winslow Homer's "Rocky Coast". Boat Builders, 1873.
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Paintings of the Gilded Age:Winslow HomerJames WhistlerJohn Singer SargentMary Cassatt
Breezing Up, 1876, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art at Washington D.C
Note the relationship of each boy to his boat. The boys are holding their boats as a mother might hold her small child. Find an image that supports the idea of a "mother/child" relationship. In 1873, the same year Homer painted Boat Builders, he also illustrated Lowell's book The Courtin.' All of Homer's illustrations for that book were silhouettes.
Eight Bells Winslow Homer's father is shown to the left. Find Homer's father in the painting below.
The Croquet Game*, 1866, oil on canvas, The Art Institute of Chicago. Winslow Homer
Prisoners from the Front*, 1866, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Winslow Homer
Promenade on the Beach*, 1880, Winslow Homer
Arrangement in Brown and Black: Miss Rosa Corder, 1876-78 James Whistler
Annabel Lee (Also known as "Niobe"), 1890, pastel on brown paper James Whistler
Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander, 1872-73, James Whistler
In the Luxembourg Gardens, 1879, oil on canvas, John Singer Sargent
Self Portrait, 1878, gouache on paper, Metropolitan Museum of Art Mary Cassatt
Mother About to Wash Her Sleepy Child, 1880 Mary Cassatt