Open full image Pin

The First Snow (no.2)

George Elbert Burr

1926

ink

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Early Modern Landscape snow

Dominant colour

The First Snow (no.2) is a 1926 ink by George Elbert Burr, depicting snow, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: George Elbert Burr
When & what style?: 1926
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

This drypoint shows a quiet street covered in fresh snow. Bare trees stand like dark fingers against a pale sky. A few tracks hint at footsteps. Burr used a drypoint needle to scratch lines into a metal plate. Ink sits in the grooves, then transfers to paper under pressure. The result feels soft, like the snow itself. See this in person at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.