Winslow Homer: The Poetry of Real Life

Winslow Homer bridged the romantic landscape of the 19th century and the realism of the modern age. His paintings of soldiers, fishermen and women by the sea reveal a quiet heroism — an unspoken drama found in everyday life.

Self-taught and fiercely independent, Homer captured the elemental forces of nature and human resilience with honesty and restraint. His late seascapes, painted from his home in Maine, are charged with both beauty and foreboding.

This talk examines Homer’s greatest works, from his Civil War illustrations to his haunting marine scenes, and considers how he transformed the American landscape into a place of solitude, struggle and poetry.