WINSLOW HOMER (1836 – 1910): for HA2 students.
WINSLOW HOMER (1836 – 1910)Winslow Homer was one of America’s greatest landscape painters and printmakers, famous for his marine subjects. Self-taught, Winslow began his career as a commercial illustrator. Even after his death, people keep on bringing to light new information about him and new interpretations of his art.FOCUS ON VOCABULARYA curator: un conservateur/trice
An attendant: un gardien (musée)
A showroom: une salle d’exposition
An exhibit: une pièce exposée
A preview: un vernissage
To show, to exhibit: exposer
A museum goer: un amateur de musées
Art review: la critique d’art
Glowing: brillant/rutilant
To glow: rougeoyer
Vivid: vif/ve
Puzzling: intrigant/curieux
Disquieting: inquiétant/troublant
Striking, impressive: saisissant, frappant, impressionnant
Tasteless: de mauvais goût #tasteful
Dull, drab: terne, sans intérêt
Garish: tapageur, cru (pour la lumière)