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Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine by: Editor: Denenberg, Thomas A.Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 169 pages, hardcover. Cloth covers have a few very minor stains on the rear, interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Full color illustrations throughout. This beautifully illustrated catalogue celebrates Homer's legacy at Prouts Neck, and documents the Portland Museum of Art's six-year conservation project to preserve the Winslow Homer Studio, the former carriage house in which Homer lived and worked. Photographs of the studio and site, never before open to the public, highlight views that are recognizable as the subjects of many of Homer's paintings. Essays by leading scholars examine his iconic masterpieces; his artistic development in Prouts Neck; the architecture of his studio; his relationship to French painting; and the full range of his marine paintings. Clean copy. Record # 33797 |
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