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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — The Museum of Fine Arts is showcasing its extensive collection of watercolors and more from Boston-born artist, Winslow Homer, for the first time in nearly 50 years.
It's being dubbed a once in a century show. The new exhibit entitled, 'Of Light and Air: Winslow Homer in Watercolor,' features nearly 50 of his pieces and other works depicting the seas of Gloucester and Maine to the calm wilderness of the Adirondack Mountains.
Attendees will have the opportunity to view his first work ever purchased all the way to his last canvas. Christina Michelon, the curator of prints and drawings, said this is one of the rare exhibits where they want visitors to get up close to the works.
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"We invite people to, within reason, get up close and really look at some of those details and nuances in the watercolors and to really just appreciate what he's able to achieve with this medium and some of the boundaries that he's pushing with this work," Michelon said.
The collection features some of his most iconic works like The Blue Boat or Boys in a Pasture. But Michelin says her new favorite is actually the first homework the museum ever bought.
"I think Leaping Trout is probably rising to the top as my favorite, not just watercolor in this exhibition but potentially in this entire collection."
The exhibition runs through mid-January.
WBZ NewsRadio’s Kyle Bray (@KyleBrayWBZ) reports.