Theodore Robinson

American, 1852 - 1896

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American artist (1852-1896)

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Theodore Robinson, Drawbridge - Long Branch R. R., 1894, oil on canvas, Gift of Mrs. Daniel Fraad in memory of her husband and in Honorof the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1990.70.1

Drawbridge - Long Branch R. R.

Theodore Robinson · 1894 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1990.70.1

From atop a high hill, we look across a broad valley leading to a winding river in this loosely painted horizontal landscape. The scene is created entirely with visible brushstrokes in fresh and vibrant green and shimmering and smoky blues. The hill slopes from the right edge of the painting down to the valley, which extends into the distance, angling slightly to our right alongside the river. Darker green trees are along both sides of the river, and a few buildings line the far bank. The land beyond rises to sapphire-blue hills along the horizon, which comes about two-thirds of the way up the composition. A few white clouds dot the robin’s egg-blue sky above.
Theodore Robinson, The Valley of the Seine, from the Hills of Giverny, 1892, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund), 2014.79.30

The Valley of the Seine, from the Hills of Giverny

Theodore Robinson · 1892 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2014.79.30

Theodore Robinson, The Layette, 1892, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase and Gift of William A. Clark), 2016.22.2

The Layette

Theodore Robinson · 1892 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2016.22.2

Bibliography

1946

  • Baur, John F. Theodore Robinson, 1852-1896. Brooklyn, 1946.

1973

  • Johnston, Sona. Theodore Robinson 1852-1896. Exh. cat. The Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland, 1973.

1979

  • Clark, Eliot C. Theodore Robinson: His Life and Art. Chicago, 1979 (from an unpublished essay written in 1920).

1998

  • Torchia, Robert Wilson, with Deborah Chotner and Ellen G. Miles. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part II. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 89-90.