Mount Washington, Massachusetts, July 22, 1890
1890
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1890
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Mount Washington, Massachusetts, July 22, 1890 is a 1890 by Robert Stuart Redfield, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a rural scene with three children in the foreground and a fence in the background. The artist carefully positioned the children to create a sense of simplicity. The scene also features warm, delicate tones that add to its subtlety. Check out the technique of sfumato to learn more about how artists create soft, hazy effects in their work.
At the turn of the 20th century, Redfield was a leading proponent of staging simple genre scenes outdoors, instead of being limited to a studio setting. Here, the Philadelphia-born photographer carefully positioned three children in the foreground of this picturesque landscape dominated by a split-rail and stone fence. The print features his interests in clarity and fidelity and atmospheric effects. In this rural scene, he used the warm, delicate tonal range of a platinum print to render subtle variations and nuances of light. For two decades around 1900, Redfield was a leading advocate of…
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Robert Stuart Redfield (1849–1923) was an American artist.
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