End of Winter

End of Winter by John Henry Twachtman

Medium

Painting

Classification

Painting

Department

Smithsonian Collection

Museum

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Credit

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans

Accession Number

1909.7.65

Tags

Greenwichstreamspring

About this artwork

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 canvas to show through his thinly applied paint so that a feeling of warmth and regeneration could emerge. Twachtman created many images of streams ...

About the Artist

John Henry Twachtman

American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1853–1902 Gloucester, Massachusetts

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