Along the River, Winter
John Henry Twachtman
American, 1853–1902

Details
Title
Along the River, Winter
Artist/Maker
John Henry Twachtman (American, 1853–1902)
Date
ca. 1889
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
15 1/8 x 21 11/16 inches
Credit
J. J. Haverty Collection
Accession #
49.28
In its formal simplicity and sophisticated use of atmosphere, this austere scene teeters on the edge of abstraction. The jagged tracks in the snow may lead to an outlying building on the artist’s Connecticut farm, but the lack of specificity was deliberate. Twachtman used a cool, monochromatic color palette to create a motionless, atmospheric sense of space, and he deliberately abstracted the winter landscape.
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