Then Winslow Homer produced a pad of paper ... the Bahamas and other tropical locations—always with his battered watercolor kit in hand. Like other urban refugees who ventured into the ...

Two Winslow Homer paintings that were recently appraised on Antiques Roadshow have been auctioned by Christie's during its 19th century American Art and Western Painting sales on January 23.

The frugal Winslow ... watercolors. Using a microscope, Kristi A. Dahm, assistant paper conservator at the Art Institute, discovered lines of black pigment—from carbon paper—barely visible in ...