The Courtship of Winslow Homer.(letters reveal relationship with Helena de Kay)

From: The Magazine Antiques | Date: February 1, 2002| Author: Burns, Sarah | Copyright information

Despite past attempts to decode Winslow Homer's Portrait of Helena [partial]e Kay (P1. I), there are puzzles left to solve. Some have speculated that deKay was the woman whose rejection don confirmed Homer's status as an inveterate bachelor. (1) However, there has been little concrete evidence to show that Homer nurtured tender feelings for the woman who ultimately became the wife of the poet Richard Watson Gilder (1844-1909). (2) Now, a newly accessible group of letters, most of t...

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