q: Where did Winslow get his interest in drawing from? a: his mother q: What did she do for work? a: she was a painter q: and his father? a: he was an importer of tools and other goods q: what was his father's name? a: Charles Savage q: Did Winslow get any training in art? a: though a job as an assistant in making and preparing pictures for printed media q: Where did he find that job? a: his father q: Did he train at HArvard? a: no q: who did? a: his older brother Charles q: When did he learn lithography? a: When he was 19 q: What did his father bring him home from a buisness trip? a: a set of drawing examples q: did he use these? a: yes q: for what? a: to develop his early skill q: Where did he work in New york? a: Harper's Weekly q: Where did he hope to go? a: Europe q: Did he go? a: no q: why not? a: Harper's magazine sent him to draw pictures of the Civil War q: Was this a small event? a: no q: Where did he go? a: Washington, D. C. q: when? c: Winslow Homer was the second of three sons of Henrietta Benson and Charles Savage Homer. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1836 and grew up in Cambridge. His father was an importer of tools and other goods. His mother was a painter. Window got his interest in drawing and painting from his mother. But his father also supported his son's interest. Once, on a business trip to London, Charles Homer bought a set of drawing examples for his son to copy. Young Winslow used these to develop his early skill. 

Winslow's older brother Charles went to Harvard University in Cambridge. The family expected Winslow would go, too. But, at the time, Harvard did not teach art. So Winslow's father found him a job as an assistant in the trade of making and preparing pictures for printed media. At 19, Window learned the process of lithography .This work was the only formal training that Winslow ever received in art. 

In 1859, Window Homer moved to New York City to work for Harper's Weekly. Homer also started to paint seriously. He hoped to go to Europe to study painting. But, something would intervene the direction of Window Homer's artistic work. Harper's magazine would send him to draw pictures of the biggest event in American history since independence. It was the Civil War between the Union and the rebel southern states. 

Winslow Homer went to Washington, D. C., in 1861. He drew pictures of the campaign of Union Army General George McClellan the next year. His pictures of the war showed many ways that conflicts affect people.
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