Twachtman, John Henry

John Henry Twachtman (August 4, 1853 – August 8, 1902) was an American painter best known for his impressionist landscapes... Read more
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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.

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Deserted Wharf (The Old Mill at Cos Cob)

c.1900-1902
oil on canvas
Unframed - h:61.50 w:51.00 cm (h:24 3/16 w:20 1/16 inches)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, OH

Twachtman, John Henrynotes
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...
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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.

Twachtman, John Henrynotes
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...
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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.

Twachtman, John Henrynotes
ly. The blurred outlines and rich yellows and greens of the background evoke the warm, hazy atmosphere of a summer day.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Twachtman, John Henrynotes
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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Icebound

c. 1889
oil on canvas
64. 2 x 76.6 cm (25 1/4 x 30 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Twachtman, John Henrynotes
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.
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Meadow Flowers (Golden Rod and Wild Aster)

ca. 1892
oil on canvas
33 5/16 x 22 3/16 in. (84.6 x 56.3 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Twachtman, John Henrynotes
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.
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