Winslow Homer’s home preserved
The Portland Museum of Art will buy and preserve the Maine home and studio of Winslow Homer, one of the greatest American artists of the 19th century.
The studio on Scarborough’s Prouts Neck is now owned by Homer’s great-grandnephew and is expected to cost between $1 million and $2 million.
A two-year, $12-million fund-raising drive will be undertaken to purchase and preserve the studio, a former carriage house with a balcony looking out over the Atlantic Ocean that provided inspiration for Homer’s seascapes, museum spokeswoman Kristin Levesque said.
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