Many modern artists hold on to the past as a man holds his hat in a roller coaster. Manhattan’s Whitney Museum upholds U. S. tradition but it has distinguished itself for doing so gracefully. The ...

American painters Willard Metcalf, Dwight Tryon, Winslow Homer, and Abbott Thayer created profoundly beautiful views of the New England landscapes where they lived and worked. These paintings largely ...

The best-known paintings of Winslow Homer are those of the blistering Caribbean sun, of angry seas, and of the ruggedness of Maine, where he lived out the last years of his life as a virtual recluse.