. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. nd tirelessnessof the sea. The water he represents has alwaysweight and depth and motion—endless motion;his j)ictures are not interpretations, but the thingitself. It is these coast scenes which have given WinslowHomer chief celebrity, but it is not they alonewhich entitle him to remembrance. Strangelyenough, though withdrawn from the world of menand living the life of a recluse, Mr. Homer has beenmost concernetl at all times by the human problem,and scarcely a picture he has ever painted is withoutthis fundamental element
. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. nd tirelessnessof the sea. The water he represents has alwaysweight and depth and motion—endless motion;his j)ictures are not interpretations, but the thingitself. It is these coast scenes which have given WinslowHomer chief celebrity, but it is not they alonewhich entitle him to remembrance. Strangelyenough, though withdrawn from the world of menand living the life of a recluse, Mr. Homer has beenmost concernetl at all times by the human problem,and scarcely a picture he has ever painted is withoutthis fundamental element of interest. It is not, itwould seem, the pictorial quality of the sea whichappeals to him, but its relation to man; not therocks and the waves which interest him, but thepeo])le whose fortunes they control. The ruggedcourage, the honest vigor, the unatTected simplicityof those who go down to the sea in ships as well asthose who battle with the elements on land havemoved Mr. Homer and found enduring expressionin bis paintings. Witness, for example, the Look- CXXIX. ACH O n ?/. f- < Z P4c w KX o s c^ c o ^ K e^ —1 w ^ h- I K^ h P3 O
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