Object Details
- Artist
- Worthington Whittredge, born Springfield, OH 1820-died Summit, NJ 1910
- Luce Center Label
- Worthington Whittredge traveled to Newport, Rhode Island, in the fall of 1877. He was inspired by the French painter Charles-François Daubigny. One of the forerunners of impressionism, Daubigny emphasized the effects of light and color on the landscape (Janson, Worthington Whittredge, 1989). In this painting, Whittredge used bright, clean colors and expressive brushstrokes to evoke the fresh atmosphere of a coastal scene. The curved road in the foreground invites us to follow the couple, who are walking through the fields to the deserted beach.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, L.E. Katzenbach Fund
- ca. 1880
- Object number
- 1967.142.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 13 5/8 x 20 7/8 in. (34.7 x 53.0 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Figure group
- Landscape\road
- Landscape\coast
- Landscape\Rhode Island\Newport
- Landscape\Rhode Island\Seconnet Point
- Record ID
- saam_1967.142.1
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7b8c459bb-76e1-4259-a5e5-19dddd76092c
