John Henry Twachtman

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John Henry Twachtman,
photograph by Gertrude Käsebier , around 1900
John H. Twachtman: The White Bridge

John Henry Twachtman (born August 4, 1853 in Cincinnati , † August 8, 1902 in Gloucester , Massachusetts ) was an American painter and etcher of impressionism , especially landscape paintings .

He received his first instruction from Frank Duveneck . From 1875 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Ludwig von Löfftz and in Paris ( Académie Julian 1883 to 1885). Twachtman was a member of the Ten American Painters . In 1886 he returned to the United States. In 1898 he was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters .

literature

  • Lisa N. Peters: John Henry Twachtman. An American Impressionist. Hudson Hills Press, Atlanta, Georgia 1999, ISBN 1-55595-178-3 .

Web links

Commons : John Henry Twachtman  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Members: John H. Twachtman. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed April 30, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Twachtman, John Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American impressionist painter
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Cincinnati
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 1902
Place of death Gloucester