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John Henry Twachtman Catalogue Raisonné
An online catalogue by Lisa N. Peters, Ph.D., in collaboration with the Greenwich Historical Society

Catalogue Entry

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Keywords
OP.505
Green Hillside
ca. 1880–83
Oil on canvas
12 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (31.8 x 44.4 cm)
Signed lower right: J. H. Twachtman
The Orr Collection
Provenance
(Montross Gallery, New York);
(American Art Galleries, New York, Montross Collection Sale, February 8, 1923, lot 13);
to (Ferargil Galleries, New York, 1923);
to (Milch);
to present collection, 1960.
Literature
American Art Association 1923
An Important Collection of American Paintings Selected by and to be Sold by Order of the Well-known Connoisseur, Mr. N. E. Montross, of this City. Auction catalogue, February 8, 1923. New York: American Art Association, 1923, lot 13 ill. in b/w, as Green Hillside.
Hale 1957
Hale, John Douglass. "Life and Creative Development of John H. Twachtman." 2 vols. Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, 1957. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 1958, vol. 2, p. 457 (catalogue G, no. 269), as Green Hillside. (Hale concordance).
Commentary

This image belongs to the group of works Twachtman created in the outskirts of Cincinnati in the early 1880s, a time when the land was being developed into suburbs. Here he rendered a road winding far into the hills, as if to suggest the development that would soon occur along its route. 

Selected Literature

From American Art Association 1923

A tender, green hillside under a quiet sky, this is all the subject matter, but it is an example of that period in the artist's life when he found the beauty of delicate greens an all sufficient theme. The values of tone are very subtle, the gradations fine. it is an artist's work.