Ten American Painters
Julian Alden Weir along with John Henry Twachtman was one of the founding members of the Ten American Painters. Weir's picturesque Branchville, Connecticut, home was a creative a gathering place for many of the members. The group, which broke away from the Society of American Artists, the main artist organization of the time, consisted of ten of the most innovative and brilliant landscape painters of the era, all of whom were associated the French Impressionist and American Tonalist style. The group held years exhibitions which received national and international critical acclaim.
Members of the The American Ten
Willard L. Metcalf American, 1858-1925
Julian Alden Weir American,1852-1919
Joseph R. De Camp American,1858-1923
Edmund C. Tarbell American,1862-1938
Robert Reid American,1862-1929
Frank Benson American,1862-1951
Thomas Wilmer Dewing American, 1851-1938
John Henry Twachtman American,1853-1902
Childe Hassam American,1859-1935
Edward E. Simmons American,1852-1931
William Merritt Chase American, 1849-1916
Key terms and
phrase associated
with the American
Ten
-
Impressionism,
Tonalism, obscured details,
single-figure
themes, the natural
and spiritual
domain, waking,
unconscious states,
sleep, dreams,
death, aura,
landscape painting, religious
significance,
emotionalism,
emotionalists,
pictorial space,
compositional space,
diffused light,
incandescent glow,
organic forms,
artistic
inspiration,
illusionist
representation,
luminous, transcendentalist,
glowing, metaphysical,
emotional
expression, poetic,
evocative
© HistoryofPainters.com If you like this page and wish to share
it, you are welcome to link to it, with our thanks.
If you feel you have worthwhile information you would like to
contribute we would love to hear from you. We collect essential
biographical information and artist quotes from folks all over
the globe and appreciate your participation. When submitting
please, if possible, site the source and provide English
translation. Email to
|
Search the Web for books, papers, photos, and posters about Art
|
|||||||||
| site map | art movements | artist quotations | iconography | 100 greatest paintings |
| links | artist biographies | top 50 painters | art supplies | book store |