Although he had apprenticed to a lithographer in Boston, the Civil War and country artist Winslow Homer was primarily self-taught in his trade. As a free lance artist he had already developed a reputation by the outbreak of the Civil War when he joined Harper's Weekly as a special correspondent.
Covering the routine of army life his works frequently appeared in the weekly editions of the paper and depicted the boredom and frustrations of life in the field. Working from his field sketches he finished his paintings in a New York studio and in 1864, he was elected an associate of the National Academy.
The nest year he advanced to be an academician. Some of his most famous works include: “Defiance: Inviting a Shot Before Petersburg, Va., 1864”, “Prisoners From the Front”, “A Rainy Day in Camp”, and “Pitching Horseshoes”. Leaving the field of journalism at the close of the war, Homer concentrated on the depiction of country life.
~ Who Was Who in the Civil War, 1988, Page 316
You can visit the memorial page for Winslow Homer.
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