Winslow Homer

Question 1

What is the name of his most famous painting done in 1899?

Accepted Answer

The Gulf Stream

Question 2

What movements and styles did Homer NOT work in?

Accepted Answer

expressionism

Question 3

In 1867, Homer traveled to what country and lived there for nearly a year?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 4

Where did he die?

Accepted Answer

Prout's Neck, Maine

Question 5

In 1859, Homer moved where?

Accepted Answer

New York

Question 6

On what date did Homer die?

Accepted Answer

September 29, 1910

Question 7

Homer did NOT create work for what magazine?

Accepted Answer

Provincetown Arts

Question 8

What is one well known group of Painters that Homer influenced of which Robert Henri was the instructor?

Accepted Answer

the Ashcan Painters

Question 9

Who did his father arrange apprenticeship to, when Winslow reached 19 years old?

Accepted Answer

John Bufford

Question 10

What magazine sent Homer to cover the Civil War on the front lines?

Accepted Answer

Harper's Weekly

Question 11

Who taught Homer his very first basic lessons in Art?

Accepted Answer

His mother

Question 12

What painting single-handedly catapulted him to fame in 1866?

Accepted Answer

Prisoners on the Front

Question 13

What year did Homer's oil paintings and watercolors become his primary occupation?

Accepted Answer

1875

Question 14

What does Homer credit his primary instruction to?

Accepted Answer

the study of nature

Question 15

What medium did Homer begin to devote serious attention to around 1873?

Accepted Answer

Watercolor

Question 16

Around 1880, he became more reclusive, moving to an island in what harbor for the summer?

Accepted Answer

Gloucester Harbor

Question 17

How old was Homer when he died?

Accepted Answer

74

Question 18

Where was Homer Born?

Accepted Answer

Boston, Massachusetts

Question 19

In the later 1870’s, Homer was a part of what club?

Accepted Answer

The Tile Club

Question 20

What media did Homer NOT use throughout his career?

Accepted Answer

Sculpting

Question 21

When was Homer Born?

Accepted Answer

February 24, 1836

Question 22

How old was Homer when his family moved to the nearby rural town of Cambridge?

Accepted Answer

6 years old

Question 23

Homer also made his "professional debut" as a painter with great success at what annual exhibition?

Accepted Answer

National Academy of Design Exhibition

Question 24

After the war's end, what two of Homer's wartime sketches were the basis for a series of paintings?

Accepted Answer

Veteran in a New Field and Prisoners on the Front

Question 25

Shortly after establishing his studio in the city, where did Homer enroll in classes?

Accepted Answer

the National Academy of Design

Question 26

Where did Homer live from 1881 to 1882?

Accepted Answer

Cullercoats in Northumberland, England

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