Boat Builders, 1873
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This is an example of Winslow Homer "improving" an image he saw. We can see the suggestion of the Mother/Child form in the sketch, but the Mother/Child silhouette is more true to the ideal Mother/Child in the painting. | ||
| The brightness and contrast were adjusted to make the MOTHER/CHILD silhouette easier to see. Homer saw a mother holding a child and that was exactly what he painted, but he idealized it. |