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Wilson Henry Irvine"A Summer Afternoon" Wilson Irvine, Old Lyme Connecticut, American Impressionismcirca 1915
circa 1915
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Wilson Irvine
A Summer Afternoon, circa 1915
Signed lower left
Oil on canvas
25 x 30 inches
Provenance:
Gift of the artist, c. 1930
Private Collection, Iowa, c. 1930
By Descent, Private Collection Iowa
Private Collection, West Virginia, 2017
Exhibited:
Art Institute of Chicago, Special Exhibitions: Paintings by John W. Alexander, Wilson Irvine, Edward Redfield, Maurice Sterne, Sculpture by Chester Beach, December 12, 1916 - January 2, 1917, no. 85.
Zanesville Museum of Art, Catching the Light, Zanesville, 2019
Known chiefly for his landscapes, Wilson Henry Irvine was a prolific master of a variety of subjects and media. Never one to be content with the traditional, he is lauded for his experimentation during the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Byron, Illinois in 1869, Irvine took up journalism after high school. It wasn't until he moved to Chicago as a young adult that he developed an interest in art. He acquired a job as manager of the art department of the Chicago Portrait Company and attended classes at the Art Institute of Chicago at night. During this time, he specialized in recording on canvas the rural Illinois of his childhood.
In 1917, Irvine and his wife spent more than a year traveling throughout Britain and France. There, he expanded his repertoire, painting the quaint fishing villages that dotted those countries' respective coastlines. Irvine returned to the United States and settled in Old Lyme, Connecticut, where he became associated with Guy Wiggins and Everett Warner as part of the Old Lyme Art Colony.
Irvine was always on the cutting edge of the art world until his death in 1936. In 1927, he successfully mastered the technique of etching in aquatint. Three years later, he began producing what he termed "prismatic painting"--landscapes and still lifes as seen through a glass prism. This accentuated the effect of light on the edges of any object viewed. The style was slow to find acceptance, but Irvine persevered. In 1934, he won the best picture award in the annual exhibition of the Lyme Art Association with Indolence (date and location unknown), a prismatic rendering of a nearly life-size nude.
- Creator:Wilson Henry Irvine (1869 - 1936, American)
- Creation Year:circa 1915
- Dimensions:Height: 35.5 in (90.17 cm)Width: 40.5 in (102.87 cm)
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- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1841210170822
Wilson Henry Irvine
Wilson Henry Irvine. From 1914 to 1917, the artist spent his summers painting at Old Lyme, Connecticut, where he became affiliated with the art colony there, and in 1918, he purchased a home on Sterling City Road in neighboring Hamburg. In 1926, he was elected an associate of the National Academy of Design. In 1914, when he was 45, Irvine moved his family from Chicago to Old Lyme, Connecticut, and became part of the famed Florence Griswold circle, now recognized as the "American Barbizon," at the hub of American Impressionism. Irvine is best known for his mastery of light and texture — a 1998 exhibit of his work was called Wilson Henry Irvine and the Poetry of Light. To capture subtle effects of light, Irvine often painted en plein air, wearing his trademark cap, knickers, and goatee, with his easel and his paints set up in the field. He was noted for his renderings of hazy summer days, as exemplified by this painting.
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