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The White Bridge
Inscriptions
Signed, lower left: "J. H. Twachtman"
Provenance
Alexander Morton, New York, by 1916; American Art Galleries, New York, 1916; Macbeth Galleries, New York, 1916; sold to Martin A. Ryerson (1856–1932), Chicago, 1916; by descent to his wife Carrie Hutchinson Ryerson (1859–1937), Chicago, 1932 [Last Will and Testament of Martin A. Ryerson, Died August 11, 1932, copy in Institutional Archives, Art Institute of Chicago]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1937.
Exhibition history
New York School of Applied Design for Women, Exhibition of Fifty Paintings by the late John H. Twachtman, Jan. 15–Feb. 15, 1913, no. 36. Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings and Pastels by the Late John H. Twachtman, Mar. 11–Apr. 2, 1913, no. 27 as The Bridge. New York, American Art Galleries, Paintings by Ancient and Modern Masters, May 4–9, 1916 (?), no. 78 as The White Bridge. Detroit, Michigan, The Detroit Institute of Arts (formerly Detroit Museum of Art), Catalogue of the Fourth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists, Apr. 9 – May 30, 1918, no. 121, as Bridge in Spring. Art Institute of Chicago, Summer Exhibitions: Paintings from the Permanent Collections, July 20–Oct. 29, 1939, no. 12 as The White Bridge. Illinois, Decatur Art Center, Millikin University, Masterpieces of European and American Art Lent by the Art Institute of Chicago, Mar. 4–25, 1945, Reginald H. Neal, no. 16; Springfield Art Association, Ill., Apr. 4–30. South Bend Art Association, Ind., American Painting in the Manner of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries, Feb. 10–Mar. 31, 1948, James Murray Haddow, no. 55. Cincinnati Art Museum, A Retrospective Exhibition: John Henry Twachtman, Oct. 7–Nov. 20, 1966, Richard J. Boyle, no. 59. Charlotte, N.C., The Mint Museum, American Masterpieces from American Museums, Nov. 10, 1985–Jan. 5, 1986. West Palm Beach, Fla., Norton Gallery of Art, In Nature’s Ways: American Landscape Painting of the Late Nineteenth Century, Feb. 21– Apr. 12, 1987, Bruce Weber and William Gerdts, no. 69, ill. p. 70; New York, National Academy of Design, May 8–Aug. 16, 1987; Chicago, Terra Museum of American Art, Sept. 10–Nov. 1, 1987. John Twachtman: An American Impressionist Cincinatti: 6/6/99 – 9/5/99; Philadelphia: 10/7/99 – 1/2/2000 and Atlanta 2/12/2000 – 5/27/2000
Publications
American Art Annual for 1915–1916, 13, 394. Robert B. Harshe, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Art Institute of Chicago, 1925), 163, cat. 2198, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/gri.ark:/13960/s2hxd115k60. Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (The Netherlands, 1961), 457. John Douglass Hale, The Life and Creative Development of John H. Twachtman, vol. 1, Ph.D., diss. Ohio State University, 1957, 435. Lisa N. Peters, “The Suburban Aesthetic: John Twachtman’s ‘White Bridge,’” Porticus, 17–19 (1994–96), 51–56. Susan G. Larkin, “On Home Ground: John Twachtman and the Familiar Landscape,” American Art Journal, 29, 1 & 2 (1998), 52–85, fig. 19. Judith A. Barter, et al., The Age of American Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2011), cat. 59.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- John Henry Twachtman (American, 1853–1902)
- Date
- after 1895
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 75 × 75 cm (29 1/2 × 29 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- painting
- Style
- Impressionism
- Place
- Connecticut
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
- Accession no.
- 1937.1042
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