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Description: Winslow Homer and the Camera: Photography and the Art of Painting
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PublisherBowdoin College Museum of Art
PublisherYale University Press
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A
Adirondacks, 20, 25–30, 27–29, 53, 56, 64, 93, 127, 159, 162–65, 181
Appletons’ Journal, 21, 85
Audubon, John James, 127
B
Bahamas, 105–17, 108, 109, 111, 114, 116, 118, 135
Conch social life in, 114–15
Homer’s depictions of, 105, 110, 111–17, 113, 115, 118, 119, 121, 122, 125–26, 134–35
interactions with black communities of, 109–12, 114
promoted as tourist destination, 106–9, 108, 112–13, 116–17
segregation by race in, 114
Barbizon School, 18
Barlow, Francis Channing, 10
Barnard, George, 15
Bartram, John, 127
Bartram, William, 127
Bautain, 18–19, 19
Beam, Philip C., 135–36
Beatty, John, 1, 2, 5, 38, 40, 63
Beaux, Cecilia, 16
Bermuda, 53, 135
Bierstadt, Albert, 3, 21, 37
Bierstadt, Edward, 21
Blake, Lady Edith, 114, 114, 115, 138n24
Blake, Sir Henry Arthur, 114, 114, 115, 138n25
Boston Globe, 38–39
Boston Society of Watercolor Painters, 45
Brady, Mathew, 5–6, 6, 7, 11, 112
Abraham Lincoln, 5–6, 6, 110
Briggs, George G., 12, 13
British Museum, 32, 36, 103
Brotherhood of the Linked Ring, 36
Brown, Albert, 7
Brush’uns, 44
Bufford, John H., 3–4
C
Cameron, Julia Margaret, 37
Century Magazine, 105, 134–35
Chase, J. Eastman, 30, 45
Checkley House, Scarborough, Maine, 41, 46
Chevreul, Michel-Eugène, 5, 34, 105
chronophotography, 43–44, 44, 55, 56
Church, Frederic, 3, 37, 104
Church, William Conant, 134, 135
Civil War, U.S., 8–18, 42, 107
Century Magazine and, 134–35
Homer’s works related to, 8–16, 10, 17, 17–18, 32, 74–82, 122, 125
Cole, Thomas, 44
Cox, Kenyon, 1–2
Cuba, 105–6, 117–26, 120, 122, 124
cock fights in, 125, 126
Homer’s depictions of, 106, 118–26, 119, 121, 123, 126, 133, 134, 136, 136–37
insurgency against Spanish colonial forces in, 117, 120, 125–26, 135–36
Cullercoats, England, 32–33, 38, 103, 104–5, 112, 143, 145–47
D
Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 117, 118
Davis, Jefferson, 7
Davis, Mary Gardiner, 116, 116, 138n26
Davis, Theodore, 12
Davis, William Nye, 116, 138n26
Detroit Photographic Company, 121, 122, 128, 139n47
Dodge, Julia E., 131
Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 37
Downes, William, 31, 32, 52–53, 61–62, 65n14, 66n21
Duveneck, Frank, 66n25
E
Eakins, Thomas, vii, 3, 37–38, 43, 45
Eastman Kodak #1
camera, 53–55, 54, 56, 126–27, 128, 130, 172–82
Emerson, Peter Henry, 37
England, Homer’s sojourn in (1881–82), vi, vii, 31–38, 103
at Cullercoats, 32–33, 38, 103, 104–5, 112, 143, 145–47
wooden dolls bought during, 36, 36
F
Faris, Thomas, 1, 17
Feller, Friedrich Ernst, 105
filmmaking, 55, 56
Fitch, John Lee, 25
Florida, 53–54, 64, 105–6, 117, 126–34, 130, 132, 135, 139nn43 and 44
Homer’s paintings of, 32, 54, 105, 106, 128, 129, 129–34, 131, 133, 136–37, 186–87
Homer’s photographs of, 53–54, 102 (detail), 126–27, 129–30, 134, 173–76, 182
tourism’s impact on, 127–28
Forbes, Edwin, 12
Foss, Ira, 41
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, 8, 65n15, 107
Fredericks y Daries, Charles D., 124
G
Gardner, Alexander, 11–12, 15
The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, 7, 8, 65n15
A Sharpshooter’s Last Sleep, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 15, 15
George III, King, 127
Gibson, James, 11, 11–12, 13
Gilder, Richard Watson, 134
Gloucester, Mass., 20, 30, 32, 86
Gray, Thomas, 1, 17
H
Harper’s Hand-Books, 104
Harper’s Weekly, 4, 5–12, 13, 14, 17–18, 25, 65n14, 66n18, 71–74, 76, 89, 109
Hazard, Samuel, 120–21, 124
Heade, Martin Johnson, 128
Holland, Rupert, 41
Homer, Alice (sister-in-law), 39
Homer, Arthur (brother), 39, 42, 62, 129
photographic albums owned by, 58, 59
Homer, Charles, Jr. (brother), 5, 30, 34, 39, 40, 41, 46, 53, 55, 61, 62, 105, 118, 120
Homer, Charles Savage, Sr. (father), 46, 48, 54, 105–6, 127, 135–36
Bahamas trip of 1884–85 and, 105, 107–10, 125, 135
Homer, Henrietta Benson (mother), 3, 41, 62, 114
Untitled (Moth Study), 4
Homer, Martha (sister-in-law), 30, 40, 42, 46, 47, 54, 62
Homer, Winslow:
Army pass issued to, 9, 9
artistic practice of, vi–viii, 1–3, 8, 15, 16, 20, 21–25, 26–30, 36, 39, 40, 41–42, 52–53, 54–56, 58, 63, 64, 103, 105, 128
art training of, 3, 4, 5
cameras owned by, vi, vii, viii, 33, 33, 34, 53, 103
camps and resorts visited by, 20–30. See also Adirondacks; Quebec; White Mountains
as collector of photographs, viii, 45–46
critical accolades and fame of, 58–59
demeanor of, 16–17, 41, 68n71
drawings by. See Homer, Winslow, works (drawings)
in England (1881–82), vi, vii, 31–38, 103, 104–5, 112
etching process and, 47. See also Homer, Winslow, works (etchings)
in France (1866–67), 18–20, 32
health problems and death of, 61, 62
as illustrator, 4–12, 13, 14, 17–18, 20, 21, 23, 47. See also Homer, Winslow, works (illustrations and magazine assignments)
lithographic series by, 17, 17–18
New York left forever by, 38–39, 40–41, 64, 137n7
paintings by. See Homer, Winslow, works (paintings)
as photographer, 33–34, 36–38, 39–40, 53–55, 58, 103, 105, 126–27. See also Homer, Winslow, works (photographs)
photographic copies of oil canvases by, 47–52, 52
photographic portraits and images of. See Homer, Winslow, photographic portraits and images of
photographs by others copied by, 4, 5–8, 12, 14–15, 63
“portable painting house” of, 1–2
preparatory drawings of, 15, 23, 24, 32, 52–53
public identity of, 16–18
tropical locales visited by, 53, 105–37. See also Bahamas; Cuba; Florida
Homer, Winslow, photographic portraits and images of, viii, 59–60
by Bautain, 18–19, 19
in Florida, 126–27, 177
by Gray and Faris, 1, 17
at Marshfield, Mass., 24, 24–25, 25
Murphy’s group portrait of artists on the Ausable River, 26, 27
at Prout’s Neck, Maine, 46–47, 48–51, 53, 54, 59, 62
at and within Prout’s Neck studio, 59–61, 60, 61, 136
by Sarony, 30, 31
Homer, Winslow, works (drawings): Beach Scene with People and Fishing Boats, Cullercoats, 32–33, 143
Corner of Winter, Washington, and Summer Streets, Boston, 70
Fisher Girls on Shore, Tynemouth, 36, 112, 149
A Fishing Schooner, 148
Head of a Woman, 34, 144
I Protest!, 135, 136
Man with Scythe, 96
Marching Infantry Column, 15, 79
New England Coast—Sailing Ships in Harbor, 100
of Prout’s Neck studio, 41, 42
Reconnaissance in Force by General Gorman before Yorktown, 10, 10–11
Royal Palms, Santiago de Cuba, 123, 123, 125
Study of Soldiers, 79
Surf and Rock near Cannon Rock, Prout’s Neck, 39, 151
Homer, Winslow, works (etchings): Eight Bells, 155
Fly Fishing, Saranac Lake, 159
The Life Line, 47, 153
Perils of the Sea, 158
Homer, Winslow, works (illustrations and magazine assignments):
The Approach of the British Pirate “Alabama,” 13, 76
The Artist in the Country, 21, 24, 85
for The Courtin’ by James Russell Lowell, 23, 87
Hon. Abraham Lincoln, Born in Kentucky, February 12, 1809, 5–6, 71
The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, at the Capitol, Washington, March 4, 1861, 7–8, 65n14, 73, 112
On the Beach—Two Are Company, Three Are None, 25, 89
Our Army before Yorktown, Virginia (with Waud), 10–11, 13, 66n18, 74
The Seceding Mississippi Delegation in Congress, 6–7, 72
Homer, Winslow, works (lithographic series): Campaign Sketches, 17
Our Special, from Life in Camp, 17, 17–18
Homer, Winslow, works (paintings): Albert Post, 14–15, 78
The Angler, 26–28, 93
Artists Sketching in the White Mountains, 21, 84
The Artist’s Studio in an Afternoon Fog, 62–63, 168
At Tampa, Florida, 128, 129
The Breakwater, Cullercoats, 34, 147
Camp Fire, 29–30, 98–99
Canoe in Rapids, 54, 185
Children Under a Palm Tree, 114–15, 117, 138n25
The Cock Fight, 125, 126
The Coming Away of the Gale, photographic copy of, 47, 52
Croquet Player, 18
Customs House, Santiago de Cuba, 120
Deer Drinking, 56, 164
Defiance, Inviting a Shot before Petersburg, 13–14, 66n21, 77
Eight Bells, 42–44, 156–57
The End of the Hunt, 161
Evening on the Beach, 95
The Fallen Deer, 56, 165
The Fisher Girl, 169
The Fountains at Night, World’s Columbian Exposition, 57, 58, 167
The Gale, 52, 166
The Gargoyles of Notre Dame, 20
The Gulf Stream, 60–61, 61, 135, 136–37
High Cliff, Coast of Maine, 58, 170–71
In a Florida Jungle, 133, 133
Jumping Trout, 55, 160
Marine, 142
Morro Castle, 121, 121–22
Native Hut, Nassau, 110, 111–12
The Nooning, 90
On Guard, 80
On the Beach at Marshfield, 25, 88
On the Way to Market, Bahamas, 112, 113
Orange Trees and Gate, 115, 115–16
Paddling at Dusk, 56, 162–63
Perils of the Sea, 33, 145
Prisoners from the Front, 18
Rowboat, 97
Searchlight on Harbor Entrance, Santiago de Cuba, 136
Seven Boys in a Dory, 92
Sharpshooter, 12–13, 14, 20, 75, 122
Shipyard at Gloucester, 86
Skirmish in the Wilderness, 81, 125
Street Scene, Santiago de Cuba, 119, 119–20
Summer Light, 58
Surf at Prout’s Neck, 39, 150
Taking an Observation, 42, 154
Thornhill Bar (Florida), 129, 130, 131, 133
Trooper Meditating beside a Grave, 15–16, 82
The Turkey Buzzard, 54, 186–87
Under the Falls, the Grand Discharge, 54, 184
Volante, Mountain Road, Cuba, 123–25
Waiting an Answer, 91
Weaning the Calf, 94
White Mountain Wagon, 21, 22, 83
Wolfe’s Cove, Quebec, 183
Homer, Winslow, works (photographs): Cabin at the Tourilli Club, Province of Quebec, 179
Cliff at Prout’s Neck, 39–40, 152
Cullercoats Coble, 34, 146
Fisherman, Adirondacks, 181
Palm Tree and Beach Scene, Florida Coast, 182
Palm Trees, 174
River Scene, Florida, 102 (detail), 173
St. Johns River, Florida, 175
Three Canoeists, Lake St. John, Province of Quebec, 180
Tropical Scene, 172
Two Canoeists, Lake St. John, Province of Quebec, 178
Winslow Homer in a Canoe, 176
Yachting Girl, 101
I
Inness, George, 128
J
Jackson, William Henry, 128, 139n47
Deep Creek, 128, 130
Negro Cabin, Foxhill, Nassau, Bahama Islands, 111, 111–12
Jamaica, 105
James, Henry, 2, 116
Japanese art, 18, 30
K
Kelsey, Albert, 18, 19, 19, 20
Kilburn Brothers (Benjamin and Edward Kilburn), 21–22, 22, 26
King, Edward, 128, 132
Knight, Robert, 45
Kodak #1. See Eastman Kodak #1
camera Kurtz, William, 47
L
Lee, Robert E., 134
Lewis, Starks, 57, 57, 58
Lincoln, Abraham: inauguration of, 7, 7–8, 65nn14 and 15, 73, 112
portraits of, 5–6, 6, 71
Lowell, James Russell, The Courtin’, 23, 87
M
Marey, Etienne-Jules, 43
Marion & Company “Academy” camera, 33, 33, 103, 137n2
Marshfield, Mass., 24, 24–25, 25, 88, 89
Mawson & Swan camera, 33, 34, 53, 103
Miahle, Pierre Toussaint Frédéric (Federico), 125
Millet, Jean-François, 18
Moran, John, 45
Moran, Thomas, 3, 37, 104, 128, 131–32
Morning on the St. Johns, Florida, 131–32, 132
Morro Castle, Santiago de Cuba, 118, 120–22, 121, 122
motion photography. See chronophotography
Moulton, Augustus, 63, 68n71
Muir, John, 117–18
Murphy, John Francis, 26, 27
Murray, William, 25
Muybridge, Eadweard, 43–44, 44
N
Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas, 107–16, 108, 110, 111, 116, 118, 122, 135
National Academy of Design, 5, 17, 18, 30
Nègre, Charles, 20
New York: Homer’s ambivalence toward artistic establishment of, 30–31
Homer’s final departure from, 38–39, 40–41, 64, 137n7
Homer’s studios in, 20
New York Times, 30, 134
North Woods Club, 25
O
Osgood, James R., 23
O’Sullivan, Timothy, 15
P
Pease, Nathan, 21
Peninsula Campaign (1862), 9–13, 66n21. See also Yorktown, Siege of
photography: blur effect in, 54, 56
cameras owned by Homer, vi, vii, viii, 33, 33, 34, 53, 103
chronophotography, 43–44, 44, 55, 56
cropping of image and, 13, 39, 40, 63
Homer as collector of photographs, viii, 45–46
Homer as photographer, 33–34, 36–38, 39–40, 53–55, 58, 103, 105, 126–27. See also Homer, Winslow, works (photographs)
Homer’s artistic practice and, vi–viii, 3, 8, 15, 16, 20, 21–25, 26–30, 36, 39, 40, 41, 53, 54–56, 58, 63, 64, 103, 105, 128
new modes of seeing and, 2, 3, 14, 45
new reproduction processes and, 47
photographic copies of Homer’s oil canvases, 47–52, 52
photographs by others copied by Homer, 4, 5–8, 12, 14–15, 63
in relation to fine arts, viii, 36–37, 38, 45, 47, 63
stereographic images, 21–22, 22, 23, 26–28, 28
tourism and, 104, 105–6, 116–17
Portland, Maine, artists and photographers active in environs of, 44–45
Portland Art Society, 44
Portland Camera Club, 45
Post, Albert Kintzing, 14–15, 78
Prang, Louis, 17, 17, 23, 41
pre-Raphaelite movement, 37
Prout’s Neck, Maine, vii, 16, 38–53, 58–64, 135, 137n7, 150–57, 170–71
artists and photographers active in environs of, 44–47
Homer family’s homes at, 39
Homer photographed at and within his studio at, 59–61, 60, 61
Homer’s last photographic likeness taken at, 61, 62
Homer’s studio at, 40, 41–42, 42, 43, 46, 50, 59–61, 60, 61, 168
informal family snapshots taken at, 53, 54
Spanish-American War and, 135–36
Towle’s photographic series at, 46–47, 48–51
Q
Quebec, 53, 54, 178–80, 183–85
R
realism, 2, 58, 64
Rejlander, Oscar Gustave, 36
Robinson, Henry Peach, 36
Royal Victoria Hotel, Bahamas, 108–9, 109
Ruskin, John, 14
S
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, 117, 118–22, 119, 121, 122, 136
Sarony, Napoleon, 30, 31
Scribner’s Magazine, 1–2, 131, 134
Sheldon, George, 23–24
Soule, John, 21
Spanish-American War (1898), 135–36
Spencer, Herbert, 37
Stacy, George, 65n15
Stanford’s Guides, 104
Stanton, Edward, 104
stereographic images, 21–22, 22, 23, 26–28, 28
Stevens, John Calvin, 40, 41, 44
Stoddard, Seneca Ray, 26–30
Game in the Adirondacks, 28–29, 29
Lake View House from Birmingham Falls, 28, 28–30
Storey, Maggie Jefferson, 34
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 126, 132–33
Sutcliffe, Frank Meadow, 35, 35–36
T
Tampa, Florida, 127, 128, 129
Terry, Eliphalet, 25
Tourilli Fish and Game Club, Quebec, 53
tourism:
photography and, 104, 105–6, 116–17
wilderness, 20–22, 25–26
Towle, Simon, 46–47, 48–51
travel guides, 104, 106, 107, 108, 108–9
Triscott, Samuel Peter Rolt, 45
Trollope, Anthony, 120
V
Van Rensselaer, Mariana G., 64
Vorhees, Charles, 18–19
W
Waud, Alfred, 10, 12, 131
Our Army before Yorktown, Virginia (with Homer), 10, 11, 13, 74
White Mountains, 20, 21–22, 22, 25, 26, 83–85
Wilderness, Battle of (1864), 81, 125
Wood, John, 11, 11–12, 13
Woodbury, Walter, 37
World’s Columbian Exposition (1893), 57, 57–58, 167
Wright, Lewis, 59–60, 60
Y
Yalden, J. Ernest, 56
Yorktown, Siege of (1862), 10, 10–13, 11, 66n18, 74