. This work depicts the cottage that was the Connecticut home of the artist Julian Alden Weir (1852-1919), a prominent American Impressionist who along with Twachtman (1853-1902) and 8 others founded "The Ten," an allied group of American artists who exhibited their impressionistic works together when the nascent style was still largely unpopular in the United States. Weir's daughter, Dorothy, to whom this work is dedicated, had recently been born at the time this watercolor was made and grew up to be a celebrated artist in her own right.
. This work depicts the cottage that was the Connecticut home of the artist Julian Alden Weir (1852-1919), a prominent American Impressionist who along with Twachtman (1853-1902) and 8 others founded "The Ten," an allied group of American artists who exhibited their impressionistic works together when the nascent style was still largely unpopular in the United States. Weir's daughter, Dorothy, to whom this work is dedicated, had recently been born at the time this watercolor was made and grew up to be a celebrated artist in her own right.
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