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 | Seconnet Point, Rhode Island ca. 1880 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. |  Worthington Whittredge traveled to Newport, Rhode Island, in the fall of 1877. He was inspired by the French painter Charles-Francois Daubigny. One of the forerunners of impressionism, Daubigny emphasized the effects of light and color on the landscape (Janson, Worthington Whittredge, 1989). In this painting, Whittredge used bright, clean colors and... | Unrated | Anonymous |
 | The Amphitheatre Of Tusculum And Albano Mountains, Rome 1860 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Worthington Whittredge was among many American artists who traveled to Europe in the nineteenth century. The ancient culture of Italy offered a poignant tale of faded glory that contrasted sharply with America's rise to economic and political power. Whittredge showed the ruins of the amphitheatre at Tusculum in the harsh light of day. Indolent... | Unrated | Anonymous |
 | The Birches Of The Catskills ca. 1875 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Worthington Whittredge found it difficult to adjust to painting the New England landscape after almost ten years abroad. He described the forests as “a mass of decaying logs and tangled brush wood” that were completely different from the “well-ordered” European views he was used to. (The Autobiography of Worthington Whittredge, 1942,... | Unrated | Anonymous |
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