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Winslow Homer, who created some of the most breathtaking and infl uential images in the history of watercolor, was, famously, a man who received almost no formal artistic education. Acknowledged in his own day as America’s most original and independent watercolorist, he had an intuitive relationship with this challenging yet fl exible medium. Between 1873 and 1905, he created nearly 700 watercolors. A staple of his livelihood, watercolors were also his classroom, a way for him to learn through experimentation-with color theory, composition, materials, optics, style, subject matter, and technique-far more freely than he could in the more public and tradition-bound arena of oil paint-ing. This exhibition provides an intimate look at how one of America’s most celebrated painters discovered for himself, over a period of more than three decades, the secrets of the watercolor medium.
WINSLOW HOMER: THE COLOR OF LIGHT
Surveying the artist’s 70-year career, Edward Hopper will fea-Edward Hopper will fea-Edward Hopperture watercolors and oil paintings, and concentrate on his most productive years-from the mid-1920s to the mid-1950s-when he created his most enduring images such as the Art Institute’s iconic Nighthawks (1942). A pivotal American artist who was intensely private, Hopper made solitude and introspection important themes in his paintings. The exhibition will be ar-ranged chronologically and thematically, focusing on the work he executed in Gloucester and Truro, Massachusetts, Maine, and New York. Approximately 50 oils and 30 watercolors, to-gether with literature and history of the artist’s own time, will show Hopper’s place in the tradition of American realism and modernism.
Winslow Homer, “The Water Fan,” 1898/99. The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Dorothy A., John A., Jr., and Christopher Holabird in memory of William and Mary Holabird.
Edward Hopper, “Nighthawks,” 1942, oil on canvas, 30” x 60”, Friends of American Art, Art Institute of Chicago
Friends of ArtFine Arts Building, FA 125Indiana University1201 East 7th StreetBloomington, IN 47405
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PAIDBLOOMINGTON, IN
PERMIT NO. 2
EDWARD HOPPER RETROSPECTIVE
Professor Sarah Burns will speak on Winslow Homer on Friday, April 11 at 5 pm in Fine Arts Room 010.
FRIENDS OF ART TRAVEL: CHICAGO THURSDAY, APRIL 17- SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 20083 DAYS, 2 NIGHTS AT PALMER HOUSE HILTONDOWNTOWN CHICAGO FOR ONLY $350 PER PERSON, INCLUDES:
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includes bus, hotel, tickets & transportation ($385 for non-members). Return this form with a check made payable to: Friends of Art by March 10. Mail this form to:Name:Address:City:State: Zip:Telephone: E–Mail:
Friends of ArtFine Arts Bldg, FA 125Indiana University1201 East 7th StreetBloomington, IN 47405
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• 2 night stay at Palmer House Hilton Hotel (double occupancy, for single supplement add $195)• Bus transport to and from Chicago, including addi-tional attractions• Tickets to special exhibition “Edward Hopper” & “The Color of Light: Watercolors by Winslow Homer”Schedule
Thursday, April 17, 2008: Load bus from the Stadium parking lot, Lot 4 (just SW of Assembly Hall). 8:00 am Depart by bus for Chicago, arrive 12:00 pm. (with one short rest stop en route). Arrive University of Chicago area for visits to Oriental Institute, Smart Museum, Rockefeller Chapel or Robie House. Depart for hotel by 3:30 pm. Hotel check-in at 3 pm. (Palmer House Hilton at 17 East Monroe Street, Phone: 312-609-1941)
Friday, April 18: Visit Hopper and Homer exhibits at Art Institute (tickets will be timed for earliest availability). Afternoon, evening free.
Saturday, April 19: Check out hotel and load luggage on bus by 9:30 am. For those interested, a group will tour the Field Museum. Bus departs hotel by 3 pm. Arrive Bloomington approx. 9:00 pm.Deadline for reservations is Monday, March 10. Payments are due and non-refundable by this date. Please con-fi rm soon! Advance purchase of Hopper tickets was required, so seating is limited! Call Friends of Art offi ce at 855-5300 or e-mail [email protected]
