Cosmopolitanism and the Gilded Age

Winter Landscape, c. 1890–1900
Object-John H. Twachtman, Winter Landscape
Best known for his winter landscape paintings, John Henry Twachtman developed a highly personal approach to impressionism. Characteristic of his mature output, this work is one of numerous portrayals of a brook that meandered through the artist’s property in rural Connecticut. The water zigzags into the distance, where low snow-covered hills appear almost indistinguishable from the opaque sky. Tranquil and inanimate, the frozen landscape is rendered in a reduced palette of whites and frosty blues. During his eleven years in Connecticut, Twachtman obsessively painted scenes around his property. The serial nature of his practice and his blurred, rough brushwork demonstrate his adaptation of impressionist techniques, while the high horizon and flattened forms echo the aesthetics of Japanese prints. Twachtman developed a mode of painting rooted in his attachment to his home and immediate surroundings.
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Winter Landscape, c. 1890–1900
Cosmopolitanism and the Gilded Age

Une Averse—rue Bonaparte, 1887

Morning at Breakwater, Shinnecock, c. 1897

In the Orchard, 1891

Summertime, 1894

Breton Woman with a Basket, Study for “En route pour la pêche” and “Fishing for Oysters at Cancale”, 1877

Breton Girl with a Basket, Study for “En route pour la pêche” and “Fishing for Oysters at Cancale”, 1877

Girl on the Beach, Study for “En route pour la pêche” and “Fishing for Oysters at Cancale”, 1877

Young Boy on the Beach, Study for “En route pour la pêche” and “Fishing for Oysters at Cancale”, 1877

The Zattere: Harmony in Blue and Brown, c. 1879

Note in Red: The Siesta, by 1884

From Shore to Shore, 1885

The Weaver, 1889

Brook, Giverny, 1887

On the Veranda, 1887

Lotus Lilies, 1888

Brittany Town Morning, Larmor, 1884

Dennis Miller Bunker Painting at Calcot, 1888

Spring Flowers (Peonies), by 1889

Horse Drawn Cabs at Evening, New York, c. 1890

Garden at Giverny (In Monet's Garden), c. 1887–91

Giverny Hillside, c. 1890–91

Horticulture Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893

Blossoms at Giverny, 1891–92

Self-Portrait, c. 1889–96

Les Invalides, Paris, 1896

Winter Landscape, c. 1890–1900

Havana Harbor, 1902

Portrait of Thomas J. Eagan, 1907

Portrait of a Lady Holding a Rose, 1912

Lady in a Garden, c. 1912