| Description |
238 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Note |
Published in conjunction with the exhibition Casting a spell, Winslow Homer, artist and angler, held at Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Dec. 7, 2002-Feb. 9, 2003, and Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Tex., Apr. 11-June 22, 2003. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-234) and index. |
| Contents |
"To make you proud of your brother" : fishing and the fraternal bond in Winslow Homer's art / Sarah Burns -- Pictures for anglers / Patricia Junker -- Fly-fishing stories in Winslow Homer's art / Paul Schullery -- Winslow Homer, time in the Adirondacks / Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. -- Winslow Homer in Quebec / David Tatham -- Fishing on the St. John's and Homosassa rivers : Winslow Homer's Florida / Patricia Junker -- Before Winslow Homer : the art of fishing in the United States / William H. Gerdts. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910 -- Exhibitions.
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Fishing in art -- Exhibitions.
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Fly fishing -- Exhibitions.
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Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910 (OCoLC)fst00032076
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Fishing in art. (OCoLC)fst00926740
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Fly fishing. (OCoLC)fst00928413
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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| Added Author |
Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910.
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Burns, Sarah.
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Gerdts, William H.
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California Palace of the Legion of Honor.
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Amon Carter Museum of Western Art.
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| ISBN |
0500093075 |
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9780500093078 |
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0884011054 |
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9780884011057 |
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