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Chestnuts

after 1889
pastel on paper
15 x 19 1/2 in. (38.1 x 49.5 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

 GAAnonymous
End of Winter

after 1889
oil on canvas
22 x 30 in. (55.8 x 76.3 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
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...
GAAnonymous
Figure in Sunlight (Artist's Wife)

ca. 1890-1900
oil on canvas
26 1/8 x 21 1/4 in. (66.4 x 53.9 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
ly. The blurred outlines and rich yellows and greens of the background evoke the warm, hazy atmosphere of a summer day.
GAAnonymous
Fishing Boats at Gloucester

1901
oil on canvas
25 1/8 x 30 1/4 in. (63.7 x 76.7 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

 GAAnonymous
Flowers

ca. 1900
pastel on paper
19 x 15 1/4 in. (48.3 x 38.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

 GAAnonymous
Haystacks at Edge of Woods

ca. 1895
pastel on paperboard
9 5/8 x 14 1/8 in. (24.4 x 35.9 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

 GAAnonymous
Hemlock Pool

ca. 1890-1900
oil on canvas
22 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. (56.5 x 76.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
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...
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Misty May Morn

1899
oil on canvas
25 1/8 x 30 in. (63.8 x 76.1 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

 GAAnonymous
Niagara Falls

ca. 1894
oil on canvas
30 x 25 1/8 in. (76.1 x 63.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

 GAAnonymous
On the Terrace

ca. 1890-1900
oil on canvas
25 1/4 x 30 1/8 in. (64.1 x 76.5 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
he crisp white dresses echo the white flowers along the pathway and create an aura of innocence and purity around the young children and their mother.
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