John Henry Twachtman Catalogue Raisonné
An online catalogue by Lisa N. Peters, Ph.D., in collaboration with the Greenwich Historical Society
Catalogue Entry
P.832
Landscape
ca. 1888–95
Pastel on paper
13 3/4 x 13 in. (34.9 x 33 cm)
Signed lower right: J. H. Twachtman–
Private collection
Image: Roz Akin
Provenance
to private collection, Connecticut, 1980;
to present collection, 2009.
Exhibitions
Spanierman Gallery, New York, John Twachtman (1853–1902): A "Painter's Painter," May 4–June 24, 2006. (Nelson 2006); (Parkes 2006); (Peters 2006–I); (Peters 2006–II); (Peters 2006–III); (Peters 2006–IV), no. 27, as Landscape. Traveled to: Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut, July 13–October 29, 2006.
Literature
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. 1, p. 412 ill. in b/w (fig. 156); vol. 2, p. 589 (catalogue A, no. 982, as Landscape. (Hale concordance).
Peters, Lisa N. "Twachtman and the Equipoise of Impressionism and Tonalism." In John Twachtman (1853–1902): A "Painter's Painter", by Lisa N Peters. New York: Spanierman Gallery, 2006. Exhibition catalogue (2006 Spanierman), p. 58, as Landscape.
Peters, Lisa N. "Catalogue." In John Twachtman (1853–1902): A "Painter's Painter", by Lisa N. Peters. New York: Spanierman Gallery, 2006. Exhibition catalogue (2006 Spanierman), pp. 132–33 ill. in color, as Landscape.
Commentary
This was possibly the pastel Sunlight through the Trees, included in Twachtman's solo show at Wunderlich in 1891 (no. 17) and at the American Art Galleries in 1893 (no. 29). The title fits this image in which trees are articulated more by negative space and effects of light and shade rather than by line and detail.