U.S. Thread Company Mills, Willimantic, Connecticut

Julian Alden Weir

c. 1893/1897

U.S. Thread Company Mills, Willimantic, Connecticut by Julian Alden Weir

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 50.8 x 60.9 cm (20 x 24 in.) framed: 75.3 x 85.7 x 8.6 cm (29 5/8 x 33 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.)

Classification

Painting

Department

CAB

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of Margaret and Raymond Horowitz, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1990.74.1

About the Artist

Julian Alden Weir

Julian Alden Weir (1852–1919) was one of the central figures of American Impressionism, a painter whose luminous canvases helped transform the reception of modern French art in the United States and whose personal influence shaped a generation of American artists. Born in West Point, New York, into a family steeped in art — his father Robert Weir was a drawing instructor at West Point — he receive...

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