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JOHN HENRY TWACHTMAN (1853-1902)
JOHN HENRY TWACHTMAN (1853-1902)
JOHN HENRY TWACHTMAN (1853-1902)
JOHN HENRY TWACHTMAN (1853-1902)
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JOHN HENRY TWACHTMAN (1853-1902)

The Portico

细节
JOHN HENRY TWACHTMAN (1853-1902)
The Portico
signed 'JH Twachtman-' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted circa late 1890s
来源
Estate of the artist; sale, American Art Galleries, New York, 24 March 1903, lot. 86.
C.R.L. Putnam (acquired at the above sale).
Mr. John F. Braun, Philadelphia (by 1920).
Edith Braun, Philadelphia (by descent from the above, 1939).
G. Castano Galleries, Boston (by 1968).
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York (1968).
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 23 May 1979, lot 127.
Private collection, New York (acquired at the above sale).
Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1980.
出版
H.P. Du Bois, "Du Bois Says: The Show of the Ten American Painters is Intensely Modern" in New York Journal, 19 March 1900, p. 6.
(probably) "Art Notes: Ten American Painters and their Third Annual Exhibition at the Durand-Ruel Gallery" in Mail and Express, 21 March 1900, p. 9 (titled My House).
(probably) "The Week in Art" in New York Times, 17 March 1900, p. 174 (titled My House).
(probably) S.A. Walker, "Sectaries in Painting" in Independent, vol. LII,19 April 1900, p. 941 (titled My House).
"Twachtman Pictures, $16,610" in The Sun, 25 March 1903, p. 5.
J.D. Hale, Life and Creative Development of John H. Twachtman, Ph.D. diss., Ohio State University, 1957, vol. II, p. 565, no. 483 (titled His Family—The Portico).
Antiques, vol. CXVI, November 1979, p. 1067 (illustrated; titled The Artist's Family).
Antiques, vol. CXXXV, November 1989, pp. 80-81 (illustrated; titled His Family—The Portico).
D. Chotner, L.N. Peters and K.A. Pyne, John Twachtman: Connecticut Landscapes, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1989, pp. 38-39 and 56 (illustrated; titled His Family—The Portico).
M. Lublin, 19th and 20th Century Paintings, exh. cat., The Jordan-Volpe Gallery, Inc., New York, 1989, p. 32.
W.H. Gerdts, et al., Ten American Painters, exh. cat., Spanierman Gallery, New York, 1990, pp. 18 and 131 (illustrated).
C.H. Prebus, Transitions in American Art and Criticism: The Formative Years of Early American Modernism, 1895-1905, Ph.D. diss., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, 1994, p. 483 (illustrated).
L.N. Peters, John Twachtman and the American Scene in the Late Nineteenth Century: The Frontier within the Terrain of the Familiar, Ph.D. diss., City University of New York, 1995, vol. I, p. 386 (illustrated, vol. II, p. 934, fig. 420).
S.G. Larkin, "A Regular Rendezvous for Impressionists": The Cos Cob Art Colony 1882-1920, Ph.D. diss., City University of New York, 1996, pp. xxvii and 224 (illustrated, p. 452).
S.G. Larkin, "On Home Ground: John Twachtman and the Familiar Landscape" in American Art Journal, vol. XXIX, 1998, p. 64 (illustrated, p. 63).
展览
New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries and Boston, St. Botolph Club, Exhibition of Paintings: Ten American Painters, March-April 1900 (titled My House).
New York, Spanierman Gallery, John Henry Twachtman: An Exhibition of Paintings and Pastels, February 1968, no. 16.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., The American Impressionists, November 1968, no. 89 (titled His Family—The Portico).
Chicago, Main Street Galleries, Painters at the Hall of Expositions Chicago, 1970, pp. 30-31, no. 40 (illustrated).
Coral Gables, Florida, University of Miami, Lowe Art Museum, French Impressionists Influence American Artists, March-April 1971, no. 175 (titled His Family—The Portico).
New York, Spanierman Gallery, In the Sunlight: The Floral and Figurative Art of J.H. Twachtman, May-June 1989, pp. 80-81 (illustrated).
更多详情
This work is included as number OP.925 in the John Henry Twachtman Catalogue Raisonné (jhtwachtman.org/) by Dr. Lisa N. Peters in collaboration with the Greenwich Historical Society.

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拍品专文

The present work depicts the newly added portico of John Twachtman's home in Greenwich, Connecticut, built around 1894 and likely designed by the artist's friend and celebrated architect, Stanford White. According to Susan G. Larkin, in the present work, "the artist's wife and children are dwarfed by the building, which is aggrandized to the proportions of a temple—or of the grandiose mansions then going up around Greenwich. Even the pair of formally pruned standards appears larger than Mrs. Twachtman. The potted plants reinforce the portico's classicism, lending European grandeur to what was actually a modest house" (S.G. Larkin, "On Home Ground: John Twachtman and the Familiar Landscape" in American Art Journal, vol. XXIX, 1998, p. 64). Indeed, the artist delights in painting the grand addition to his home, focusing not only on scale, but also the flattering dapples of sunlight highlighting its facade. Twachtman's gestural brushwork contributes a sense of spontaneity and familiarity to the scene, reflecting the artist's clear fondness for this subject, complete with a tender portrait of his family.

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