Breezing Up

Winslow Homer

About the ArtistBorn Feb 24, 1836

175 years ago. Lived in Boston, MA

He had 2 brothers who were his best friends.

Loved to play in the woods, go fishing and sail boating.

He was largely self-taught and was called

America’s Landscape Painter.

Loved to draw and paint, especially nature. His mother

was his first teacher.

He also had a house made of glass, so that he could paint

outside in any weather.

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About the PaintingBreezing Up – A Fair Wind

• This is an “Oil on Canvas” painting.• It took Homer 3 years to complete this

painting.

• What kind of boat is in the painting?• What is the weather like?

(windy/cloudy/stormy/sunny)

• What else do you see in the painting? (Boys, man, fish)

• Are the people in the boat having fun?

• What is the name of the boat? And where can you find the name?

• GLOUCESTER

A few other paintings

by the artist

Sunlight on the Coast

Rowing Home

The Red CanoeWatercolor

Artist Sketching in the White Mountains

Winslow Homer Commemorative StampIssued - 1962

Let’s make a Colorful Sailboat

and give it a fun name.

Are you ready???