Paintings of the Gilded Age:Winslow HomerJames Whistler

John Singer SargentMary Cassatt

Paintings of Winslow Homer

                                                                                                

Breezing Up, 1876, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art at Washington D.C

Winslow Homer's "Rocky Coast"

                                                                                                

Boat Builders, 1873

                  

 

Note the relationship of each boy to his boat. The boys are holding their boats as a mother might hold her small child. Find an image that supports the idea of a "mother/child" relationship.

                              

In 1873, the same year Homer painted Boat Builders, he also illustrated Lowell's book The Courtin.' All of Homer's illustrations for that book were silhouettes.

Eight Bells

           

            

Winslow Homer's father is shown to the left. Find Homer's father in the painting below.

The Croquet Game*, 1866, oil on canvas, The Art Institute of Chicago.Winslow Homer

Prisoners from the Front*, 1866, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Winslow Homer

Promenade on the Beach*, 1880,Winslow Homer

Paintings of James Whistler

Arrangement in Brown and Black: Miss Rosa Corder, 1876-78James Whistler

Annabel Lee (Also known as "Niobe"), 1890, pastel on brown paperJames Whistler

Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander, 1872-73,James Whistler

Paintings of John Singer Sargent

Oyster Gatherers of Cancale, 1878, oil, John Singer Sargent

In the Luxembourg Gardens, 1879, oil on canvas, John Singer Sargent

Paintings of Mary Cassatt

Self Portrait, 1878, gouache on paper,Metropolitan Museum of ArtMary Cassatt

Mother About to Wash Her Sleepy Child, 1880Mary Cassatt