Breezing Up Winslow Homer
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The 1873 masterpiece "Breezing Up", by Winslow Homer located in the
National
Gallery of Art in Washington DC is an oil on canvas painting that
measures 23
3/13 X 38 1/6 in.. The primary subject of this painting is a man with
three
boys in a small wooden sail boat that is moving along with what appears
to be a
fairly choppy sea.
At the center of this painting is the stern of the sail boat. The
oldest of the …
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…hrough the choppy sea. The thrust of air against the canvas pulls every line taut, and hands work to hold this living machine, quick with the breath of nature under control. (Prown 87). This is a nice description of the work. It seems that one of this paintings main focuses is the pleasure and beauty of children in nature. Bibliography Prown, Jules. American Painting From its Beginnings to the Armory Show. World Publishing. Cleveland, Ohio. 1969.
…hrough the choppy sea. The thrust of air against the canvas pulls every line taut, and hands work to hold this living machine, quick with the breath of nature under control. (Prown 87). This is a nice description of the work. It seems that one of this paintings main focuses is the pleasure and beauty of children in nature. Bibliography Prown, Jules. American Painting From its Beginnings to the Armory Show. World Publishing. Cleveland, Ohio. 1969.
