Bidspirit auction | John H. Twachtman (1853 -

John H. Twachtman (1853 - 1902) American - John Henry Twachtman (1853 - 1902) Pastel on paper depicting coastal scene with distant ship, signed lower right J. H. Twatchman, piece measures 14 x 13.5 and 19 x 18.5 inches w/frame. Private Boston Collection. Best known for his Impressionist landscape painting, John H Twachtman was a member of ”The Ten”, a loose-knit group of American painters from Boston and New York, who were interested in Impressionism and who exhibited together 1898-1919 in opposition to the more conservative Society of American Artists. He was the most consistently and continually admired of all the major exponents of American Impressionism, and his work is still highly regarded for its experimental and personal nature. Like Theodore Robinson (1852-96), Twachtman died quite young, and his fellow artists of The Ten American Painters wrote sincere tributes to him which were published in the North American Review in 1903. Major historians of American art of the late 19th and early 20th century who wrote articles or short monographs about Twachtman, include Richard Boyle, Duncan Phillips, Forbes Watson, Eliot Clark, Charles De Kay and the artist-critic Allen Tucker. Twachtman's landscape painting was sensitively studied by John Douglass Hale in an unpublished Ph.D. dissertation in 1957 which included a catalogue raisonne, rare for an artist of this period in America, and more recent writers often single out Twachtman as the most sensitive and original of the American Impressionists. Condition: The absence of a condition report does not imply an object is free of defects. All items may have normal signs of age and wear commensurate with their age; these issues will likely not be mentioned in the condition report. Please contact the auction house before the auction with any condition questions. Questions about condition will not be answered after purchase. Condition reports are provided as a courtesy, and we are not responsible for any errors or omissions. Important note on frames: Frames are not guaranteed to be in the same condition as they are in the item photograph. Due to handling and shipping, many frames, especially antique ones, are prone to losses. If you have questions about the condition of a frame, please contact us prior to the auction.