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Leon Wang
Mrs. Powers
English Lit
5 September 2013
Winslow Homer
Art always play a crucial part in my life. However, before I entered middle school, I barely draw and I barely have the inspiration for art. The reason I changed my view for art is related to an famous artist named Winslow Homer.
Standing alone among the American painters of the late 1800s, having a little academic training, and remaining largely untouched by the innovations of the French impressionists of his era, Winslow Homer subsequently took up oil painting and produced major studio works characterized by the weight and density he exploited from the medium. His unique style draws my attention when I was watching his painting in an art museum. Those paintings he drew are realistic and dramatically show the circumstances in the pictures. His origin of those original ideal give me inspiration of creating the art and eventually strength my interests toward art. Moreover, I was hesitated to make art before I saw Homer’s works because I used to believe that only people who take the formal class and earn academic credit could make great art. However, after I knew that Homer created the art without pursuing recognition in that stuffy academic world, I am more confident about the art piece I made.
He also worked extensively in watercolor, creating a fluid and prolific oeuvre, primarily chronicling his working vacations. Homer practiced a vast amount of art style so that he could find the one which is most suitable for him. And based on the style he preferred, Homer generated a host of novel ideas.
In order to exhibit his or her works in the public, the painters, had to submit to the juries, a panel of people, usually a group of old conservatives. Winslow homer neither sought nor gained recognition in the academic group. Ironically, it were those conservatives who stifle other painters’ intellects, dampen their potentials as artists, and make Homer become famous among painters due to
Mrs. Powers
English Lit
5 September 2013
Winslow Homer
Art always play a crucial part in my life. However, before I entered middle school, I barely draw and I barely have the inspiration for art. The reason I changed my view for art is related to an famous artist named Winslow Homer.
Standing alone among the American painters of the late 1800s, having a little academic training, and remaining largely untouched by the innovations of the French impressionists of his era, Winslow Homer subsequently took up oil painting and produced major studio works characterized by the weight and density he exploited from the medium. His unique style draws my attention when I was watching his painting in an art museum. Those paintings he drew are realistic and dramatically show the circumstances in the pictures. His origin of those original ideal give me inspiration of creating the art and eventually strength my interests toward art. Moreover, I was hesitated to make art before I saw Homer’s works because I used to believe that only people who take the formal class and earn academic credit could make great art. However, after I knew that Homer created the art without pursuing recognition in that stuffy academic world, I am more confident about the art piece I made.
He also worked extensively in watercolor, creating a fluid and prolific oeuvre, primarily chronicling his working vacations. Homer practiced a vast amount of art style so that he could find the one which is most suitable for him. And based on the style he preferred, Homer generated a host of novel ideas.
In order to exhibit his or her works in the public, the painters, had to submit to the juries, a panel of people, usually a group of old conservatives. Winslow homer neither sought nor gained recognition in the academic group. Ironically, it were those conservatives who stifle other painters’ intellects, dampen their potentials as artists, and make Homer become famous among painters due to