FAMOUS WATERCOLORISTS

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many of the greatest American painters began using watercolor as a major medium. Among these:
James A McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
John LaFarge (1835-1910)
Winslow Homer (1836-1910)
Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
Childe Hassam (1859-1935)
Maurice Prendergast (1859-1924)

During the 20th century, watercolor became a medium of tremendous diversity of style as used by these and others:
John Marin (1870-1953)
Edward Hopper (1882-1967)
Charles Demuth (1883-1935)
Charles Burchfield (1893-1967)
Andrew Wyeth (b. 1917), who made his name as a watercolorist.
 
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