U.S. Thread Company Mills, Willimantic, Connecticut

c. 1893/1897

Julian Alden Weir

Associated Names
Julian Alden Weir

Artist, American, 1852 - 1919

This painting depicts a view from an elevated position. The horizon is in the center of the painting, where the blue sky meets distant green hills. In the middle there is a small structure with a pointed roof and a tall smokestack, partially obscured by green trees. Closest to us, a gray stone bridge curves gracefully in the lower half of the scene, crossing from a gray building on the left towards the bottom right corner of the painting. The bridge spans a wide, light blue river flowing towards the distance. There is a tall tree in the left corner, partially covering the building behind it. The brushstrokes in the painting are soft, and the color palette consists of light pastels and green tones.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Wickersham Gallery, New York), in 1965; (Robert Carlen, Philadelphia); (Schoelkopf Gallery, New York); sold 1968 to Raymond J. [1916-2005] and Margaret [1915-2005] Horowitz, New York; gift (partial and promised) 1990 to NGA; gift completed 2006.

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Exhibition History

1965

  • American Paintings: Exhibition of Oils, Drawings, and Watercolors, Wickersham Gallery, New York, 1965, no. 7, ill.

1973

  • American and Impressionist and Realist Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1973, no. 22.

1977

  • Paris - New York: A Continuing Romance, Wildenstein & Company, New York, 1977, no. 82, fig. 80.

1983

  • J. Alden Weir, An American Impressionist, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Denver Art Museum, 1983-1984, unnumbered, fig. 5.21.

1991

  • Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 244-245, color repro.

1999

  • American Impressionism and Realism: The Margaret and Raymond Horowitz Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1999, no. 49, repro.

2014

  • Connecting the World: The Panama Canal at 100, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis; Mint Museum Uptown, Charlotte, 2014-2015.

2016

  • A Good Summer's Work: J. Alden Weir, Connecticut Impressionist, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, 2016, no catalogue.

Bibliography

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: 228-230, color repro.

  • American Impressionism and Realism: The Margaret and Raymond Horowitz Collection. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998-1999: no. 49.

Inscriptions

lower left: J. Alden Weir.

Wikidata ID

Q20190392

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