Watercolors by Winslow Homer : the color of light

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Title:

Watercolors by Winslow Homer : the color of light

Author:

Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910.

Personal Author:

Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

Chicago : The Art Institute of Chicago ; New Haven : Yale University Press, [2008]

Physical Description:

228 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 x 29 cm

General Note:

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 16-May 11, 2008.

Language:

English

Contents:

Foreword / James Cuno -- A gradual awakening in favor: Winslow Homer and watercolor collection in Chicago / Karen Huang -- Introduction: A bold, unguided effort: the self-education of America's master in watercolor / Martha Tedeschi -- Fresh air and pure impressions: early watercolors / Marthe Tedeschi -- More skill, more refined, more delicate: England / Judith Walsh -- A light on the sea: Prout's neck Martha Tedeschi -- A special communion with nature: the Adirondacks and Quebec / Martha Tedeschi -- Memoranda of travel: the tropics / Martha Tedeschi -- Winslow Homer and the color theories of Michel-Eugène Chevreul / Judith Walsh -- Intention and alteration: Winslow Homer's watercolor palette / Kristi Dahm.

Personal Subject:

Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910-Exhibitions.

Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910-Criticism and interpretation.

Subject Term:

Watercolor painting, American -- Exhibitions.

Added Author:

Tedeschi, Martha, 1958-

Dahm, Kristi.

Walsh, Judith.

Huang, Karen.

Added Corporate Author:

Art Institute of Chicago.