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Willard LeRoy Metcalf

The White Veil

Maker

Willard LeRoy Metcalf (American, 1858-1925)

Title

The White Veil

Year

1909

Medium

  • Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Oil on canvas

Materials

oil paint

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

61 x 61 cm (24 x 24 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed and dated LL:W.L. Metcalf 1909

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.293

Type

  • Paintings

Provenance

The Artist
Montross Gallery, NY, 1909
Mrs. Gustav Radeke, Providence, 1910

Publications

  • Books

Selection VII: American Painting from the Museum's Collection, c.1800-1930

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Selected Works

Exhibition History

Making It In America
Oct 11, 2013 – Feb 09, 2014

Label copy

Metcalf used a limited tonal range, small broken brushstrokes, and flattened Japanese perspective to create this quiet view of snow falling on a Cornish, New Hampshire, landscape. Each element, including the softly gilded frame designed by Charles Dudley Murphy, contributes to the unified presentation of his subject.

Metcalf trained at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and then in Paris, where he studied the methods of French Impressionist painters. He shared these interests with a group of American painters known as The Ten, who organized annual group exhibitions that took into consideration the choice of wall colors and the compatibility of frames.

An American Idyll
19th-Century Paintings and Decorative Arts
Apr 06, 2007 – Jan 06, 2008
After Eden
The Rise and Reform of American Art, 1840-1910
Apr 26, 1996 – Dec 29, 1996
From the Reserve IV
Nineteenth-Century American Painting
Jul 22, 1994 – Oct 02, 1994
Romanticism and Revival
Nineteenth-Century American Art from the Permanent Collection
Dec 04, 1992 – Jun 26, 1993
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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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Willard LeRoy Metcalf (American, 1858-1925)
The White Veil, 1909
Oil on canvas
61 x 61 cm (24 x 24 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.293

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