{"product_id":"winslow-homer2026","title":"WINSLOW HOMER","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eWinslow Homer is an important name in American art, his canvases hang in museums around the world. He painted watercolors and oils of the Caribbean, the South, the seacoast of England, and the Adirondacks, but it is as a painter of the Maine coast that he is best known.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eIn his biography we follow this New Englander from his childhood in Cambridge through his days during the Civil War as an artist for \u003cem\u003eHarper’s Weekly,\u003c\/em\u003e his early years in New York, his visits to France and England, and to his happy years in Prouts Neck, Maine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eElizabeth Ripley was fortunate to speak with a friend of the Homer family, who remembered many anecdotes of the artist. As they strolled along the rocky coastline of Prouts Neck, the author recognized many familiar scenes from Homer’s paintings and she understood his need of solitude in order to devote his life to painting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eAll paintings are in full color, with a few extra sketches and paintings new to this edition. Below are some of the featured paintings in the book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0468\/3739\/9717\/files\/homer-prints-layout.jpg?v=1670162847\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Worldwide titles: These titles may take up to 1-2 weeks to ship, or longer in November and December. Read why \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.purplehousepress.com\/collections\/worldwide-books\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elizabeth Ripley","offers":[{"title":"Worldwide paperback*","offer_id":46359248077014,"sku":"9798888180129","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0468\/3739\/9717\/products\/homer-website-cover.jpg?v=1670167967","url":"https:\/\/www.purplehousepress.com\/products\/winslow-homer2026","provider":"Purple House Press — Classic Books for Kids","version":"1.0","type":"link"}