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Painting
The White Bridge
John Henry Twachtman, 1853 - 1902
Twachtman, John Henry
United States
1853 - 1902
Male
30 1/4 x 25 1/8 in. (76.8 x 63.8 cm)
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Oil
Oil
ca. 1900
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1900-2000, 20th century, bridges, Cos Cob colony, landscapes, paintings, seascapes
Painting
Impressionism, a radically modern style upon its inception in France in the 1860s, came late to American shores. The Impressionist artist sought to capture impressions of light, color, and shape in a spontaneous way.
[Gallery label text, 2007]
John Twachtman’s finest paintings were inspired by the beauty of the land on which he lived with his family. Located in Greenwich, Connecticut, the picturesque property included a portion of Horseneck Brook, across which Twachtman built an ornamental but functional footbridge. Here, his children swam in the summer and rowed their boat beneath the bridge’s arched deck. The bridge may have been inspired by similar structures in Venice, where the artist lived in the 1880s and 90s.
Twachtman was one of America’s premier impressionist painters and a founding member of the Ten American Painters, a group that included Thomas Dewing and William Merritt Chase, artists whose works are also on view at MAG. The White Bridge’s bright colors, energetic brushwork, and light-filled canvas link Twachtman’s work with that of French impressionist Claude Monet.
[Gallery label text, 2004]
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Drawing
Dancers
Edgar Degas, 1834 - 1917
Degas, Edgar
France
1834 - 1917
Male
37 5/8 x 26 3/4 in. (95.6 x 67.9 cm)
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Pastel
Pastel
ca. 1900
1895
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1900-2000, 20th century, dance, drawing, women
Drawing
When asked by Mrs. Horace Havemeyer, an American collector, why he so often portrayed dancers, Degas replied “Because I find there, Madame, the combined movements of the Greeks.”
This pastel was produced late in the artist’s life when his eyesight had begun to fail. It is possible that his diminished vision resulted in the heavy contours that surround the dancers and give only the barest suggestion of their facial features. Rather than attempting great detail, he concentrated on mapping out the unpredictable effects of theatrical lighting on the forms of the figures.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
back of frame, From Cleveland Degas exhibition, Feb 7 - Mar 9 1947back of framelower leftback of panelback of panelback of panelback of panelback of panel, Label for AFA Degas and the Dance exhibitionback of panel, Label for National Gallery of Art Degas exhibition
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