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Theodore Robinson (1852–1896)
Port Ben, Delaware and Hudson Canal, 1893
Oil on canvas; 28 1/4 x 32 1/4 in. (71.8 x 81.9 cm)
Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Gift of the Society of American Artists as a memorial to Theodore Robinson
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In summer and early autumn 1893, Robinson taught plein-air painting at Napanoch, New York, 110 miles northwest of New York City in the Shawangunk Mountains. This canvas, part of a series, commemorates an old canal that had fallen into disuse. Robinson's emphasis on empty foreground planes underscores the absence of activity. Created in a former haunt of an earlier generation of Hudson River School painters who had amplified the region's grandeur, the scene demonstrates the American Impressionists' commitment to the commonplace.
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