1. Meet The Masters
HOMER & ROUSSEAU

2. WINSLOW HOMER
Was an American landscape painter and printmaker, best known for his marine subjects.

3. WINSLOW HOMER
Born in 1836 in Boston, Massachusetts.

4. WINSLOW HOMER He learned to paint on his own.
His favorite subjects were of boats and the sea.

5. WINSLOW HOMER His pictures were so realistic that he became famous.
He felt he had to be alone to work well.
The Fisher Girl, 1894

6. HENRI ROUSSEAU

7. HENRI ROUSSEAU
Born in Laval, France in 1844

8. HENRI ROUSSEAU Self-taught. Art was his hobby.
At age 49 he dedicated his life to art.

9. HENRI ROUSSEAU
His paintings present enchanted and exotic worlds of forests, jungles, and deserts scenes.

10. HENRI ROUSSEAU
Every detail is carefully drawn and painted to create an imaginary realism.

11. COMPARE
Breezing Up, Homer
Surprised! Strom in the Forest, Rousseau