Search results for: “pennsylvania impressionists”
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George Sotter: Light and Shadow
As much as I admire the original French Impressionists, I’m frequently even more drawn to the work of the American Impressionists, who, though not part of a formal movement, took elements of the impressionist approach and applied them to their own unique vision, resulting in a wonderful variety of painterly realism. A subset of American…
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John Grabach
Growing up in Delaware and living for many years in southeastern Pennsylvania, I’ve become familiar with most of the historic regional schools of painting from this part of the eastern seaboard, like the Brandywine School, the New Hope School (otherwise known as the Pennsylvania Impressionists), the Hudson River School, the Ashcan School and others in…
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George Sotter
George William Sotter was one of the group of painters working in and around New Hope, Pennsylvania in the early 20th century, who are referred to as the Pennsylvania Impressionists. Along with Daniel Garber and Edward Redfield, Sotter is one of my favorites of the group. Sotter painted rural scenes in Bucks County PA, and…
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Dot Bunn
Dot Bunn is a painter based in the Bucks County area of southeastern Pennsylvania — a region noted for the influence of both the Pennsylvania Impressionists and the more academic traditionalism of Thomas Eakins and his followers. Bunn carries some characteristics of both schools in her landscape, still life and figurative work. Her vibrant, painterly…
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Edward Redfield
With snow still on the ground throughout most of the Mid-Atlantic United States, and more on the way, I thought it appropriate to look at an American artist renowned for his scenes of snow and winter. Edward Willis Redfield was one of the major figures among the artists who gathered in an artists colony in…
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Guy Rose (update)
When I wrote about Guy Rose back in 2007 there were only a few resources online, since then, however, much to my delight, The Athenaeum has posted has posted over 120 good-sized images of his beautiful paintings. Guy Orlando Rose is considered one of the foremost of the painters known as “California Impressionists”. I put…