The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Deserted Wharf (The Old Mill at Cos Cob)
before 1899
(American, 1853–1902)
Unframed: 61.5 x 51 cm (24 3/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
Bequest of Julia Morgan Marlatt 1942.122
Location: not on view
Description
In 1892, John Twachtman, one of the most imaginative of the American Impressionists, established a summer colony at Cos Cob, Connecticut. This painting depicts the Holley Mill near Cos Cob. Unlike the French Impressionists, who tended to analyze the effects of light and color in a scene, Twachtman was interested in expressing the pure poetry of color and his emotional response to the changes he observed in nature.- Estate of the artist (American Art Association, New York, Sale of the Work of the Late John. H. Twachtman, 24 March 1903, probably no. 93 as Deserted Wharf; possibly to E.A. Rorke, New York); Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt, Cleveland; Bequest to The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.
- The Cos Cob Art Colony: Impressionists on the Connecticut Shore. National Academy of Design Museum and School of Fine Arts, New York, NY (organizer) (February 13-May 13, 2001); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (June 17-September 9, 2001); Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (October 27, 2001-January 20, 2002).New York, National Academy of Design Museum, The Cos Cob Art Colony: Impressionists on the Connecticut Shore (13 February-13 May 2001); traveled to Houston, Museum of Fine Arts (17 June-16 September 2001); to Denver, Denver Art Museum (27 October 2001-20 January 2002); illus. cat. no. 77, pp. 103-136.Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Fraternité: Artistic Relations Between France and America (21 July-18 October 1987)Lakewood, OH, The Kenneth C. Beck Center, American Paintings 1825-1915 from The Cleveland Museum of Art (17 September-13 October 1980)American Paintings 1825 - 1915 from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH (organizer) (July 7-November 1, 1979).Coshocton, OH, The Johnson-Humrickhouse Memorial Museum, American Paintings 1825-1915 from The Cleveland Museum of Art (7 July-1 November 1979)John Henry Twachtman Retrospective. The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (organizer) (October 7-November 20, 1966).Cincinnati, Cincinnati Art Museum, John Henry Twachtman: A Retrospective Exhibition (7 October-20 November 1966), cat. no. 83, listed p. 19.
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