第49 至 52 題為題組 Winslow Homer (1836-1910) is regarded by many as the greatest American painter of the nineteenth
century. Born and raised in Boston, he began his career at age eighteen in his hometown, working as an
apprentice at a printing company. Skilled at drawing, he soon made a name for himself making
illustrations for novels, sheet music, magazines, and children’s books.
He then moved to New York City, where he worked as a freelance illustrator with Harper’s Weekly,
a popular magazine of the time, and began painting. Homer was assigned to cover the inauguration of
President Lincoln and, later, the Civil War. His pictures of the Union troops won international recognition.
Homer moved to England and, after a two-year stay, returned to America. He settled permanently in
Maine in 1883.
From the late 1850s until his death in 1910, Winslow Homer produced a body of work distinguished
by its thoughtful expression and its independence from artistic conventions. A man of multiple talents,
Homer excelled equally in the arts of illustration, oil painting, and watercolor. Many of his
works—depictions of children at play and in school, farm girls attending to their work, hunters and their
prey—have become classic images of nineteenth-century American life. Others speak to more universal
themes such as the primal relationship of humans to nature.
This two-week exhibition highlights a wide and representative range of Homer’s art. It shows his
extraordinary career from the battlefields, farmland, and coastal villages of America, to the North Sea
fishing village of Cullercoats, the rocky coast of Maine, the Adirondacks, and the Caribbean. The
exhibition offers viewers an opportunity to experience and appreciate the breadth of his remarkable
artistic achievement
【題組】51. According to the passage, which of the following best characterizes Homer’s art?
(A) His pictures vividly portrayed the life of nineteenth-century Americans.
(B) His art thoughtfully expressed the voices of people suffering from war.
(C) His style faithfully conformed to the artistic traditions of his time.
(D) His paintings constantly reflected his desire to escape from society.
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