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![]() | Chestnuts after 1889 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | |
Deserted Wharf (The Old Mill at Cos Cob) c.1900-1902 Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH | ![]() In 1892, John Twachtman, one of the most imaginative of the American Impressionists, established a summer colony at Cos Cob, Connecticut. This painting depicts the Holley Mill near Cos Cob. Unlike the French Impressionists, who tended to analyze the effects of light and color in a scene, Twachtman was interested in expressing the pure poetry of color... | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | End of Winter after 1889 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() Twachtman drew inspiration from his seventeen acres of land in Greenwich, Connecticut, and his paintings of the property express the emotional and spiritual comfort he found there. This image describes the beginning of the seasonal transition from winter to spring. Twachtman depicted bare trees and an icy, swollen brook, but allowed the brown primed... | GA | Anonymous |
![]() | Figure in Sunlight (Artist's Wife) ca. 1890-1900 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() ly. The blurred outlines and rich yellows and greens of the background evoke the warm, hazy atmosphere of a summer day. | GA | Anonymous |
![]() | Fishing Boats at Gloucester 1901 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Flowers ca. 1900 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Haystacks at Edge of Woods ca. 1895 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Hemlock Pool ca. 1890-1900 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() John Twachtman painted this scene in all different seasons. He drew inspiration from his seventeen acres of land in Greenwich, Connecticut, and his paintings of the property express the emotional and spiritual comfort he found there. This image, likely made in autumn, shows a pond located behind his house at the bottom of a steep incline along the... | GA | Anonymous |
![]() | Icebound c. 1889 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | ![]() Ownership History: John Forsythe, New York, by 1913; American Art Association, New York, 1913; N.E. Montross Gallery, New York, 1913; sold by them to the Art Institute, 1917. | GA | Anonymous |
![]() | Meadow Flowers (Golden Rod and Wild Aster) ca. 1892 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | ![]() re is no horizon or measured recession--resulting in a visual emphasis on the richly textured paint surface and the subtly animated pattern of the brushwork. The painting is further enriched by an opulent gilded frame designed by the architect Stanford White. | GA | Anonymous |
- John Henry Twachtman