This engaging book looks closely at Winslow Homer's avid pursuit of fly-fishing and at the inspiration the sport provided for his art.It was fly-fishing that led the eminent painter to three of the locales with which we now associate his name: the Adirondacks in northern New York State, Florida, and Quebec. Each of these distinctive regions elicited unique and strong reactions from the painter, which took form in works that are brilliant studies of light, atmosphere, and the spirit of place.Homer's fly-fishing paintings are an immensely varied and little-understood aspect of his art. They serve as a counterpoint to all his other work, especially in the 1880s and beyond when fly-fishing represented a regular and sustained activity for the artist. His fishing expeditions offered recreation, rejuvenation, solace, and camaraderie, which spurred his imagination. The intense visual experience of fly-fishing afforded Homer a close involvement with nature's mysterious details, revealing new worlds of color, form, and dynamism. He also found through fishing new outlets for his work, new patrons, and an audience of Victorian-era sportsmen who could comprehend his pictures. 184 illustrations, 123 in color.

Winslow Homer: Artist and Angler

Arts & Photography

Patricia Junker

Sarah Burns

History & Criticism

Thames&Hudson

The Rockefeller Collection of American Art at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Marc Simpson

Harry N. Abrams, Inc.; The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

<p>This book accompanies an exhibition of splendid paintings.... kaleidoscopic views of trout ponds, brilliantly colored trophy fish, and evocative transcriptions of a sportsman's days on teeming rivers and lazy creeks. the selection of pictures presented in our galleries offers visitors to our respective museums at the Fine Arts Museum of SF, a brief but memorable glimpse into Homer's world, the domain of the Victorian sportsman, and the arena of nature.</p>

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

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