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	Search:: Artists Alphabetically   Symbolism   50 Greatest Paintings   Art Movements 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. Twachtman once famously stated, "Some day some of you will become painters, and a few of you will do distinguished work, and then the American public will turn you down for second and third rate French painters." 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   ☼☼☼☼☼ Search for Artists by Century Important Painters Born in the 13th Century Important Painters Born in the 14th Century Important Painters Born in the 15th Century Important Painters Born in the 16th Century Important Painters Born in the 17th Century Important Painters Born in the 18th Century Important Painters Born in the 19th Century ☼☼☼☼☼ Require more facts and information about famous painters? Search Here Links   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.  Please submit your comment to the editor, via e-mail and if possible site the source. Thank you! millardmulch@gmail.com © HistoryofPainters.com If you like this page and wish to share it, you are welcome to link to it, with our thanks. copyright 1999 - 2011 historyofpainters.com