Winslow Homer: References & Edit History
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Biographical and critical works include Lloyd Goodrich, Winslow Homer (1944), perhaps the most comprehensive and important study of Homer; Gordon Hendricks, The Life and Work of Winslow Homer (1979), extensively illustrated; James Thomas Flexner, The World of Winslow Homer, 1836–1910, rev. ed. (1980), a view of the artistic context within which Homer worked; Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., Winslow Homer (1990); David Tatham, Winslow Homer and the Illustrated Book (1992); Elizabeth Johns, Winslow Homer: The Nature of Observation (2002); Randall C. Griffin, Winslow Homer: An American Vision (2006); and several exhibition catalogs: Helen A. Cooper, Winslow Homer Watercolors (1986); Philip C. Beam et al., Winslow Homer in the 1890s: Prout’s Neck Observed (1990); and Bruce Robertson, Reckoning with Winslow Homer: His Late Paintings and Their Influence (1990).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Anniversary information added. | Feb 20, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 25, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 13, 2024 | ||
| Revised discussion on watercolour to clarify that the practice had an invigorating effect on his oil paintings, including Breezing Up (A Fair Wind). | Jan 26, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum - Biography of Winslow Homer. | Mar 29, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Art Story - Winslow Homer. | Jan 24, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Maine: An Encyclopedia - Biography of Winslow Homer. | Jan 29, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smithsonian American Art Museum - Biography of Winslow Homer. | Jan 29, 2019 | ||
| Changed the location where Homer painted in England from Tynemouth to Cullercoats, and other changes made. |
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Apr 24, 2015 | |
| Add new Web site: The Civil War - Biography of Winslow Homer. | Jul 30, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Art at The Phillips Collection - Biography of Winslow Homer. | Jul 23, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Web Gallery of Art - Biography of Winslow Homer. | Mar 05, 2014 | ||
| Added photograph. | May 22, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Met - Biography of Winslow Homer. | Jan 28, 2013 | ||
| Bibliography updated. | Nov 12, 2012 | ||
| Added mention of the opening to the public of Homer's studio. | Nov 12, 2012 | ||
| Added image of Winslow Homer's watercolour painting Girl on a Swing. | Dec 16, 2010 | ||
| Article revised. | May 29, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |