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John H. Twachtman (1853–1902)
Brook in Winter, ca. 1892
Oil on canvas; 36 1/8 x 48 1/8 in. (91.8 x 122.2 cm)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Hayden Collection—Charles Henry Hayden Fund
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Close friendships among Twachtman, Childe Hassam, J. Alden Weir, and Giverny veteran Theodore Robinson energized all four artists' Impressionist experiments during the 1890s. This canvas, which Twachtman painted on his farm in Greenwich, Connecticut, suggests his poetic approach to familiar landscape vignettes; his interest in exploring the expressive potential of bare canvas, muted tonalities, thick impastos, and textured brushwork; and his appreciation of the asymmetry and tonal subtlety of Japanese prints.
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