The White Bridge by John Henry Twachtman
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The White Bridge

John Henry Twachtman · after 1895

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Alexander Morton, New York, by 1916; American Art Galleries, New York, 1916; Macbeth Galleries, New York, 1916; sold to Martin A. Ryerson (1856–1932), Chicago, 1916; by descent to his wife Carrie Hutchinson Ryerson (1859–1937), Chicago, 1932 [<em>Last Will and Testament of Martin A. Ryerson, Died August 11, 1932</em>, copy in Institutional Archives, Art Institute of Chicago]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1937.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • New York School of Applied Design for Women, Exhibition of Fifty Paintings by the late John H. Twachtman, Jan. 15–Feb. 15, 1913, no. 36.
  • Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings and Pastels by the Late John H. Twachtman, Mar. 11–Apr. 2, 1913, no. 27 as The Bridge.
  • New York, American Art Galleries, Paintings by Ancient and Modern Masters, May 4–9, 1916 (?), no. 78 as The White Bridge.
  • Detroit, Michigan, The Detroit Institute of Arts (formerly Detroit Museum of Art), Catalogue of the Fourth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists, Apr. 9 – May 30, 1918, no. 121, as Bridge in Spring.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Summer Exhibitions: Paintings from the Permanent Collections, July 20–Oct. 29, 1939, no. 12 as The White Bridge.
  • Illinois, Decatur Art Center, Millikin University, Masterpieces of European and American Art Lent by the Art Institute of Chicago, Mar. 4–25, 1945, Reginald H. Neal, no. 16; Springfield Art Association, Ill., Apr. 4–30.
  • South Bend Art Association, Ind., American Painting in the Manner of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries, Feb. 10–Mar. 31, 1948, James Murray Haddow, no. 55.
  • Cincinnati Art Museum, A Retrospective Exhibition: John Henry Twachtman, Oct. 7–Nov. 20, 1966, Richard J. Boyle, no. 59.
  • Charlotte, N.C., The Mint Museum, American Masterpieces from American Museums, Nov. 10, 1985–Jan. 5, 1986.
  • West Palm Beach, Fla., Norton Gallery of Art, In Nature’s Ways: American Landscape Painting of the Late Nineteenth Century, Feb. 21– Apr. 12, 1987, Bruce Weber and William Gerdts, no. 69, ill. p. 70; New York, National Academy of Design, May 8–Aug. 16, 1987; Chicago, Terra Museum of American Art, Sept. 10–Nov. 1, 1987.
  • John Twachtman: An American Impressionist Cincinatti: 6/6/99 – 9/5/99; Philadelphia: 10/7/99 – 1/2/2000 and Atlanta 2/12/2000 – 5/27/2000

Literature

Published references

  • American Art Annual for 1915–1916, 13, 394.
  • Robert B. Harshe, <em>A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 1925), 163, cat. 2198, <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/gri.ark:/13960/s2hxd115k60">https://hdl.handle.net/2027/gri.ark:/13960/s2hxd115k60</a>.
  • Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (The Netherlands, 1961), 457.
  • John Douglass Hale, The Life and Creative Development of John H. Twachtman, vol. 1, Ph.D., diss. Ohio State University, 1957, 435.
  • Lisa N. Peters, “The Suburban Aesthetic: John Twachtman’s ‘White Bridge,’” Porticus, 17–19 (1994–96), 51–56.
  • Susan G. Larkin, “On Home Ground: John Twachtman and the Familiar Landscape,” American Art Journal, 29, 1 & 2 (1998), 52–85, fig. 19.
  • Judith A. Barter, et al., <em>The Age of American Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2011), cat. 59.

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