The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Pastures, Branchville, Connecticut
c. 1888–91
Location: not on view
Description
In the mid-1880s a group of American artists joined together to promote the expressive qualities of pastel. As a member of this group, known as the Society of Painters in Pastel, Twachtman contributed actively to their last three exhibitions in 1888, 1889, and 1890. As in this example, Twachtman incorporated the tone of his papers into his imagery, so that the paper becomes a part of the design itself. The most frequent subjects of his pastels were views of the fields and undulating countryside of Greenwich, Connecticut, with gentle rhythms punctuated by occasional trees and patches of wildflowers.- ?-1946E. R. Brumley, New York, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH1946-Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Hale, John Douglass. "Life and Creative Development of John H. Twachtman." 2 vols. Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, 1957. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 1958. Mentioned: vol. 2, p. 591 (catalogue A, no. 1010)Boyle, Richard J., Mary Welsh Baskett, and Philip R. Adams. John Henry Twachtman: A Retrospective Exhibition. Exh. Cat. Cincinnati: Cincinnati Art Museum, 1966. Mentioned: no. 96"A Check List: American Paintings and Water Colors of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Early Twentieth Centuries in the Cleveland Museum of Art." Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art (January 1973). Mentioned: p. 34
- Pure Color: Pastels from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 19, 2016-March 19, 2017).Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).John Henry Twachtman: A Retrospective Exhibition. Cincinnati Art Museum (October 7–November 20, 1966).John Henry Twachtman Retrospective. The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (organizer) (October 7-November 20, 1966).
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