Winter Landscape

c. 1900

John Marin

Painter, American, 1870 - 1953

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This winter landscape is noteworthy as one of the few paintings that John Marin is known to have executed during his student years at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, prior to his departure for Paris in 1905. While it recalls the work of Pennsylvania impressionists like Edward Willis Redfield, the emphasis on tone and mood and the intimate scale of this subdued, monochromatic winter scene is also indebted to the aestheticism of James McNeill Whistler, who exerted a strong influence during Marin’s formative years.


Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John Marin, Jr.

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22.8 x 29.8 cm (9 x 11 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1986.54.1

More About this Artwork


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist [1870-1953]; his estate; by inheritance to his son, John C. Marin, Jr. [1914-1988], Cape Split, Maine; gift 1986 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1970

  • Reich, Sheldon. John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné. Tucson, 1970: no. 00.1 (as Landscape).

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 230, repro.

Inscriptions

across top stretcher bar reverse: (Landscape) c. 1900-1905 SR#1[the "1" crossed out] 00.1 NBM 2/21/84 / 9 x 11 3/4

Wikidata ID

Q20190779


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