biografía de Henrietta M. Benson HOMER (1809-1884)

Lugar de nacimiento: Bucksport, Maine

Lugar de defunción: Brooklyn, NY

Direcciones: Brooklyn, NY

Profesión: Floral painter

Exposiciones: Brooklyn AA, 1873-77 (all wildflowers)

Comentarios: Winslow Homer"s mother. She grew up in Cambridge, MA, and received instruction as a young girl in watercolor painting, then considered a genteel art" suitable for young women. She continued to paint after her marriage and throughout her life.

Fuentes: G&W; Goodrich, Winslow Homer, 2-3, 83; Brooklyn Art Ass'n.