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John Henry Twachtman

München, 1878

Description

Maker

  • John Henry Twachtman, 1853-1902, American

Title

München

Year

1878

Medium

Opaque watercolor over graphite on handmade paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • watercolor,
  • graphite

Supports

  • Smooth, medium weight wove paper

Dimensions

21.6 x 34 cm (8 1/2 x 13 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

on verso of mount, in brown ink: catalogue 8

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Gift of the Fazzano Brothers

Object Number

84.198.1174

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Landscape and Leisure

March 13 - July 19, 2015

This watercolor presents a forceful new style inspired by the bold brushwork and rich chiaroscuro palettes of 17th-century Dutch painters such as Frans Hals and Rembrandt van Rijn, whom John Henry Twachtman had studied in Europe. It may depict the outskirts of Polling, a small town in the foothills of the Bavarian Alps that was a favorite with American artists for its dense forests, open fields, and farmland.

Twachtman joined several fellow American artists to study in Munich in the mid-1870s. Classes at the Royal Academy there emphasized painting skills over traditional drawing techniques, signifying a break from the careful topographical drawings predominant in the United States.

Tradition and Innovation in American Watercolors

January 27 - April 11, 1999

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is München with the accession number of 84.198.1174. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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