Associates of
the American Wing
Winslow Homer as Illustrator and Artist
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
6:30 PM Marvin & Betty Danto Lecture Hall
Michael Leja
Professor of Art History and Director of the Visual Studies Program, University of Pennsylvania
As a young man, Winslow Homer was a successful designer of illustrations for the equally young pictorial press of the 1860s. Leja discusses the ways Homer’s early experiences as a draftsman shaped his mature work as a painter.
Sponsored by Associates of the American Wing
