Winslow Homer, Artist and Angler
- ISBN-10
- 0500093075
- ISBN-13
- 9780500093078
- Category
- Architecture
- Pages
- 238
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-01
- Authors
- William H. Gerdts, Sarah Burns, Patricia A. Junker
Description
Published to coincide with an exhibition of the nineteenth-century artist's fly-fishing paintings, an examination of the author's inspirations and works notes his use of watercolors and his insight into the sport that enabled him to convey its realities through his creations.
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