Winslow Homer: An American Vision

by Randall C. Griffin

Overview

The peerless and comprehensive survey of this important American artist, now available in paperback for the first time

This thoroughly researched, immensely readable study on Winslow Homer, one of America's most significant and prolific painters, presents a full account of his life and work and offers a fresh and provocative reassessment of his place in the history of late nineteenth-century art. Homer's work is popular and accessible, and Griffin's text, with its solid documentation, original research and fresh interpretations, has become an essential survey of Homer and his creative output.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714839929
Publisher:	Phaidon Press
Publication date:	07/28/2006
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	10.25(w) x 11.75(h) x 1.25(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Randall C. Griffin is Associate Professor and Chair of the Division of Art History, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Professor Griffin is an authority on Homer, with extensive research and teaching experience of the subject, and he is the author of the recently published, scholarly volume Homer, Eakins and Anschutz: the Search for American Identity in the Gilded Age (Penn. State Press), which has received very favourable reviews.