Icebound
c. 1889
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
64.2 × 76.6 cm (25 5/16 × 30 3/16 in.)
Classification
painting
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
72801
Art Historical Context
John Henry Twachtman’s *Icebound* (c. 1889), an oil on canvas measuring 25 5/16 × 30 3/16 inches, captures the serene yet stark beauty of a winter landscape. As a leading figure in American Impressionism, Twachtman was renowned for his innovative approach to light and atmosphere, often painting en plein air to convey the fleeting effects of nature. This work, housed in the Art Institute of Chicago’s Department of Arts of the Americas, exemplifies his fascination with snow-covered scenes, where the title evokes a frozen river or shoreline locked in ice. Twachtman’s loose, textured brushwork in...
About the Artist
John Henry Twachtman
American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1853–1902 Gloucester, Massachusetts