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Sun Shower
Sun Shower is an oil painting by the American Impressionist artist Charles Melville Dewey. It dates from 1912 and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Technique & Style
As a landscape painting, it exemplifies the genre's focus on natural scenery, rendered through the application of oil paint to a canvas support.
Sun Shower is an oil painting on canvas completed in 1912 by Charles Melville Dewey. The work measures approximately 93.3 cm in height and 133 cm in width. As a landscape painting, it exemplifies the genre's focus on natural scenery, rendered through the application of oil paint to a canvas support.
The painting is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. No specific details about the artist's handling, surface condition, or technical procedures are provided in the sources.
History & Provenance
The painting Sun Shower by Charles Melville Dewey is dated 1912.
It entered the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where it remains held. The work is oil on canvas and measures 93.3 cm in height by 133 cm in width.
Overview
Sun Shower, an oil painting from 1912, is a landscape by American artist Charles Melville Dewey. As a proponent of Tonalism, Dewey frequently depicted nature with a focus on subtle atmospheric effects and a muted palette. This work exemplifies his characteristic approach, presenting a tranquil scene imbued with a sense of quiet contemplation and the transient beauty of light and weather.
Subject & Meaning
The painting portrays a serene river meandering through a veiled, somber landscape. A pale, indistinct sky hangs above, casting a soft, gray illumination over the scene. Trees and a few modest structures line the riverbanks, their forms rendered indistinctly, almost merging with the misty environment.
This composition reflects Dewey's inclination to capture the poetic and ephemeral qualities of nature, emphasizing mood over detailed representation.
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Artist
Charles Melville Dewey (1849–1937) was an American tonalist painter. He was born in Lowville, New York. Confined to his bed from his twelfth to his seventeenth year by a hip disease, he formed the poetic conception of…
