John Henry Twachtman
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John Henry Twachtman was an American painter best known for his impressionist landscapes, though his painting style varied widely through his career. Art historians consider Twachtman's style of Ameri
Twachtman, c. 1900. Photo by Gertrude Käsebier
The White Bridge, ca. 1895, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Wild Cherry Tree, oil on canvas, c. 1901, Albright-Knox Art Gallery
1890s American Art Poster lithograph
Tonalism
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Tonalism was an artistic style that emerged in the 1880s. The movement was eventually eclipsed by Impressionism and European modernism.
John Henry Twachtman
…to America, Twachtman studied from 1883 to 1885 at the Académie Julian in Paris, and his paintings dramatically shifted towards a soft, gray and green tonalist style. During this time he painted what some art historians consider to be his greatest masterpieces, including Arques-la-Bataille, in the collection…
James McNeill Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket, c. 1875; oil on panel; 60.3 × 46.4 cm
Albert Pinkham Ryder, Siegfried and the Rhine Maidens (1888 - 1891), National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
George Inness, Summer Landscape, 1894