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Winslow Homer
Breezing Up (A Fair Wind), oil on canvas by Winslow Homer, 1873ā76; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 61.5 Ć 97 cm.
Winslow Homer began working in watercolour in 1873. This medium allowed him to capture rapid, fresh observations of nature, which subsequently influenced the style of his oil paintings.1