Bit of Silvermine - The Old Farm House
Maker
Charles Reiffel
(American, 1862 - 1942)
Collections
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Date1916
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions34 1/2 × 37 1/4 in. (87.6 × 94.6 cm.)
frame: 40 3/4 × 43 3/4 in. (103.5 × 111.1 cm.)
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Sandra and Bram Dijkstra
Label TextUndulating forms and an interconnected web of trees, rooflines, fences, and hills make up this verdant scene of Silvermine, Connecticut. Lithographer and painter Charles Reiffel lived in the artist colony of Silvermine when he painted this experimental picture, that vibrates with thickly applied paint in saturated colors—the antithesis of a cold and rigid New England. After moving to San Diego in 1925, Reiffel would become one of the most famous and influential San Diego modernists.Status
On viewObject number2016.18
