Twachtman, Bark
By the 1890s, Gloucester, Massachusetts, was firmly established as an artist’s colony. John Henry Twachtman spent the first of three summers there in 1900. During that experimental and productive stay, he abandoned the painstaking process of applying multiple layers of paint and glazes; instead, he layered wet paint onto the canvas without further retouching. The artist also embraced dramatic tonal contrasts, dynamic brushwork, and darker colors, all of which appear in this work.John Henry TwachtmanAmerican1853Cincinnati, OH1902Gloucester, MA 
Bark and Schooner (Italian Salt Bark)1900Oil on canvas25 1/8 × 25 1/4University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Anna R. and Frank M. Hall Charitable TrustH-88.1931
Bark and Schooner (Italian Salt Bark)1900Oil on canvas25 1/8 × 25 1/4University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Anna R. and Frank M. Hall Charitable TrustH-88.1931