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Willard LeRoy Metcalf

The White Veil, 1909

Description

Maker

  • Willard LeRoy Metcalf, 1858-1925, American

Title

The White Veil

Year

1909

Medium

Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • oil paint

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

61 x 61 cm (24 x 24 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed and dated LL:W.L. Metcalf 1909

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.293

Projects & Publications

Publications

Marsden Hartley's Maine

Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 2015

Pursuing the American Vision

Selection VII

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

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Making It In America

October 11, 2013 - February 9, 2014

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

April 6, 2007 - January 6, 2008

After Eden

April 26 - December 29, 1996

From the Reserve IV

July 22 - October 2, 1994

Romanticism and Revival

December 4, 1992 - June 26, 1993

American Painting and Sculpture from the Permanent Collection

June 26, 1987 - January 3, 1988

Selection VII

March 31 - May 8, 1977

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