William Innes Homer

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William Innes Homer (2010)

William Innes Homer (born November 8, 1929 in Merion, Pennsylvania , † July 8, 2012 in Greenville , Delaware ) was an American academic, art historian and author. Homer was an expert on the life and work of Thomas Eakins .

Academic career

Homer earned a BA from Princeton University in 1951 . At Harvard University , Homer received his MA in 1954 and his Ph.D. in 1961. In 1961, Homer became an assistant professor in the Art and Archeology Department at Princeton. In 1964 he became an associate professor of Art History at Cornell University . In 1966 Homer came to the University of Delaware where he became chairman of the Art History Department and stayed until 1981. Another term lasted from 1986 to 1993. Between 1984 and 1999 he was H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Art History and left the faculty in January 2000 after his retirement. Even in retirement, he continued to be scientifically active.

Homer has written numerous books and articles, including Alfred Stieglitz and the American Avant-Garde , Albert Pinkham Ryder : Painter of Dreams , Thomas Eakins: His Life and Art, and The Paris Letters of Thomas Eakins . He also advised various exhibitions and film projects.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biographical Dictionary of Historic Scholars , accessed January 6, 2013
  2. a b c Prof. William Innes Homer dies. In: UDaily. July 24, 2013, accessed February 6, 2014 .
  3. Dinitia Smith: A writer's dark view of the 'heroic' Eakins , The New York Times . May 26, 2005. Retrieved February 16, 2010. 
  4. a b c d Homer, William Innes . In: Dictionary of Art Historians . August 25, 1986. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  5. ^ A b William Innes Homer Papers Related To Albert Pinkham Ryder. University of Delaware, accessed February 7, 2014 .
  6. ^ Hilton Kramer: Benton, the Radical Modernist , The New York Times . January 10, 1982. Retrieved February 16, 2010.