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To: AnAmericanMother
re: post #21

Wow! The 2nd of Mr. Homer's is so realistic. I can almost feel a spray of water if I look deeply into the picture! How wonderful! I love water!!
98 posted on 10/21/2002 3:23:59 AM PDT by Lilly
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To: Lilly
Here's some more Homer:

"The Fog Warning". One of the men Kipling wrote about in "Captains Courageous", about the same time period.

"Life Line".

"The Gulf Stream" - probably Homer's most well-known painting.

He had an amazing range. He could paint homely New England scenes, wild seascapes, intimate portraits. His Civil War work is wonderful. To-wit, the following little capsule summary of the war "Prisoners from the Front". He nails the characters of the men in this painting perfectly, and honestly - even though he was a New Englander himself, he knocks the prissy REMF Union officer off in one.


103 posted on 10/21/2002 6:21:22 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother
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