tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post5183527893455719183..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: Winslow Homer and the Civil WarStapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-9516411614372555102010-06-15T23:30:31.105-04:002010-06-15T23:30:31.105-04:00Philip:
I look forward to when they open it to the...Philip:<br />I look forward to when they open it to the public. I would actually be more interested in the shore there. I would like to see if I could find some of his locations. One of my hobbies.<br />...............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-79267221229416235602010-06-15T23:28:43.563-04:002010-06-15T23:28:43.563-04:00jeff:
I also saw that show. I wish I could see it ...jeff:<br />I also saw that show. I wish I could see it again.<br />.........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-36269194538574947762010-06-15T23:28:00.416-04:002010-06-15T23:28:00.416-04:00alotter:
Armies use lots of firewood, and need log...alotter:<br />Armies use lots of firewood, and need logs for corduroy roads and even telegraph poles. <br />...................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-2899515487212116322010-06-15T22:55:00.396-04:002010-06-15T22:55:00.396-04:00T. Arthur;
I don't know about a diary but his ...T. Arthur;<br />I don't know about a diary but his papers are in the archives of American Art.,<br /><br />http://www.aaa.si.edu/collectionsonline/homewinl/<br />......StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-74529424483381970352010-06-15T22:50:27.275-04:002010-06-15T22:50:27.275-04:00Paul;
Thanks.
.StapePaul;<br />Thanks.<br />.StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-74012367014285936822010-06-15T22:49:20.869-04:002010-06-15T22:49:20.869-04:00Mike;
I intend to do an entry on his watercolors s...Mike;<br />I intend to do an entry on his watercolors soon.<br />......StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-25947393309455654012010-06-15T22:48:43.642-04:002010-06-15T22:48:43.642-04:00Mary;
I think the war had a huge effect on that wh...Mary;<br />I think the war had a huge effect on that whole generation, like WWII did on my parents.<br />........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-23035225987273761632010-06-15T22:47:58.849-04:002010-06-15T22:47:58.849-04:00Willek:
It is a chilling and powerful painting.
.....Willek:<br />It is a chilling and powerful painting.<br />..StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-84559768405002777442010-06-15T17:28:46.818-04:002010-06-15T17:28:46.818-04:00Great stuff! The silhouettes of the lone figures i...Great stuff! The silhouettes of the lone figures in the last two paintings are just perfect. I'm in awe of Homer.<br /><br />A few years ago I visited Homer's studio in Prout's Neck in Maine (the Portland Museum has taken it over and is in the process of renovating it to look more like it did in Homer's day). It was fairly large, and of course, right on the rocky shore. But other than that its ordinariness was striking. It reminded me its what you bring to the subject more than where you paint that makes the crucial difference. Homer brought a lot.Philip Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191070779177407750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-18558837941447224662010-06-15T16:09:45.897-04:002010-06-15T16:09:45.897-04:00I love Winslow Homer his ability to pitch a painti...I love Winslow Homer his ability to pitch a painting is amazing.<br />I saw an interesting show a few years ago at the MFA in Boston and in this show they had some early work.<br />There were a small series of ink silhouettes that were done for some illustration. They were superb.jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03014751431677271423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-57249165152494459652010-06-15T15:31:41.308-04:002010-06-15T15:31:41.308-04:00Do you know why there are so many tree stumps in t...Do you know why there are so many tree stumps in the one of the taunting soldier? It doesn't seem possible that the armies could take the time to cut down and remove all the trees simply in order to prepare a more convenient battlefield.<br /><br />And are those telegraph poles in the distance?<br /><br />Is it OK to ask artless questions like mine?alotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09700351186742512499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-2126945990013580802010-06-15T14:25:31.560-04:002010-06-15T14:25:31.560-04:00When you look at a lot of the other big name artis...When you look at a lot of the other big name artists of the time, their work is mostly portraiture - young, wealthy women lounging in livingrooms, etc. I'm generalizing, but my point is it's easy to forget the hardship and death that struck the entire country throughout this time. It seems to have really effected Homer, continuing all through his travels and hunting scenes. Did he ever leave a diary?T Arthur Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07831844692245441302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-16519392249886536302010-06-15T12:05:45.773-04:002010-06-15T12:05:45.773-04:00Interesting use of horizon in the pics - cutting h...Interesting use of horizon in the pics - cutting halfway thru the heads of the standing soldiers and plowman. This seems to ground them to the earth. The lookout is above the horizon which makes him more heroic, spiritual, angelic. Wasn't the sharp-shooter one of his first paintings? I love Homer - thanks for posting these, Stape.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17936236050529416366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-8710558616068762142010-06-15T11:07:19.885-04:002010-06-15T11:07:19.885-04:00A few years back the Chicago Art Institute did a j...A few years back the Chicago Art Institute did a joint Homer/Hopper exhibit - watercolors by Homer and WC's/oils by Hopper. I haven't been the same since. I bought both books written for the show. ''Watercolors by Winslow Homer The Color of Light'' goes into the technical aspects of his watercolors unlike anything else I have on Homer. While his monumental works are mainly oils, Homer painted over 900 watercolors and got big bucks for them, too. I like his Adirondack and Canadian WC's more than his Adirondack oils. Illustrations, oils, watercolors - I don't think it is possible to study Homer too much.Mike Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15082719206861489635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-1950648819245386242010-06-15T09:33:14.532-04:002010-06-15T09:33:14.532-04:00Thanks Stapleton- I think its possible his early w...Thanks Stapleton- I think its possible his early work in the Civil War had a significant impact on him and his development as an individual and distinctly American artist.Mary Byromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12647925500872647350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-42856625041381805542010-06-15T07:45:38.391-04:002010-06-15T07:45:38.391-04:00I saw that last picture, "Veteran in a new Fi...I saw that last picture, "Veteran in a new Field" at the MFA a few years ago. It was big as I recall and in the context it was in it was a powerful painting. At the time I had just returned from visiting Antietam and THAT was really powerful and may have influenced my sensibilities.willekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626541339963605016noreply@blogger.com