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When you paint, try to put down exactly what you see. Whatever else you have to offer will come out anyway.

Winslow Homer

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Winslow Homer
Age: 74 †
Born: 1836
Born: February 24
Died: 1910
Died: September 29
Illustrator
Painter
Photographer
Printmaker
Boston
Massachusetts
Homer
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W.m Homer
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Wm. (unidentified) Homer
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