Winslow Homer, Artist and Angler
- ISBN-10
- 0884011054
- ISBN-13
- 9780884011057
- Category
- Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)
- Pages
- 238
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Authors
- Sarah Burns, Patricia A. Junker, Winslow Homer
Description
As counterpoint to all his other work, especially in the 1880s, they serve to underscore Homer's passion for and dedication to fly-fishing. Examines Homer's lifelong devotion to fishing as it related to his connection to the American landscape, and his extraordinary ability to evoke the atmosphere of pastoral locales. Over 180 color and b/w figures, plates and photographs.
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