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En Plein Air
A French phrase that means “in the open air” and refers to painting outdoors
One often sees a plein-air painter at work when you drive by Tiffany Farm.
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Art student painting along river, c. 1904 |
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Genre Painting
A scene depicting everyday life
Our time at the beach last summer was filled with moments that would make for a wonderful genre painting.
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William Chadwick (1879-1962)
Front Parlor, Florence Griswold House, c. 1905-08
Oil on canvas
Gift of Elisabeth Chadwick O'Connell |
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Impressionism
A style of painting developed in the last third of the 19th century in France, which is characterized by short brush strokes of bright colors in immediate juxtaposition to represent the effect of light on objects
The artist who wanted to learn more abut Impressionism was smart to follow Childe Hassam to Old Lyme to watch him paint.
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Childe Hassam (1859-1935)
Late Afternoon (Sunset), 1903
Oil on canvas
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Krieble |
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Landscape Painting
A genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery
After his third summer in Lyme, the artist changed from painting dogs to landscapes, happy that his trees did not chase butterflies.
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Frank Vincent DuMond (1865-1951)
Grassy Hill, 1933
Oil on canvas
Gift of Mrs. Elisabeth DuMond Perry |
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Portrait
A likeness of a person, especially of the face in a painting, drawing or photograph
The woman would talk to her husband’s portrait hanging in the hallway when she was too mad to talk to him directly.
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Portrait |
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Self Portrait
A likeness of the artist, especially of the face in a painting, drawing or photograph
The artist would often paint himself using a mirror when he didn’t have enough money to hire a model.
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Louis Paul Dessar (1867-1952)
Self Portrait
Oil on canvas
Gift of Jeff Cooley |
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Still-Life Painting
A representation of chiefly inanimate objects such as s painting of a bowl of fruit.
Since the artist was tired of painting models, he decided to do a still-life painting of a table and a vase of flowers.
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Matilda Browne (1869-1947)
Flowers
Oil on canvas board
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Larry J. Lawrence in Loving Memory of
Isabel Scoville Peterson Patricelli |
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Tonalism
A style of painting that was favored by the early artists of the Lyme Art Colony. They used a limited number of colors and painted scenes that were filled with sentiment, emotion, and mood.
Dedicated to the style of tonalism, the artist painted at twilight to capture the golden light before sunset.
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Matilda Browne (1869-1947)
Cornfield Point, c. 1910
Oil on canvas
Gift of Ms. Helen Krieble in Honor of the Centennial |
