Allen Tucker Art
American, 1866-1939
Exposure to the latest artistic currents at the 1913 Armory Show had a profound effect on Tucker's own artistic development, prompting him to move away from impressionism to a more subjective manner inspired by Post-Impressionism, especially the art of Vincent van Gogh. Tucker subsequently became one of the first American painters to experiment with pure color, spirited brushwork, and a heavily encrusted paint surface, prompting critics to dub him the "Van Gogh of America."1
A landscape specialist, Tucker's greatest delight was in painting the countryside of Maine and Massachusetts, the sea and coast of the East, and the Highlands of New Jersey. He was also drawn to scenes in France and Italy. As was the case with van Gogh, Tucker sought themes of solitude and isolation, favoring robust expanses of meadowland and mountain scenery, as well as inland forests. Both Tucker and van Gogh viewed trees as symbols of growth and renewal, and accordingly, portrayed them as dynamic, upward- shooting forms. He energized his compositions through bold juxtapositions of contrasting forms−foreground to background, dark to light−that have a dynamism drawn from his brushwork.
1 See, for example, James W. Lane, "Vincent in America: Allen Tucker," Art News, Vol. 38, December, 1939, pages 171-178.to
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Artist: Allen Tucker
"Toward Gaillac" Allen Tucker, Modernist French Landscape, Pastel Colors
By Allen Tucker
Located in New York, NY
Allen Tucker
Toward Gaillac, 1919
Signed and dated lower right
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25 x 30 inches
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Towards the Hills, 1923
By Allen Tucker
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Allen Tucker (1866-1939)
Towards the Hills, 1923
Oil on canvas
28 1/2 x 34 1/2 inches
72.4 x 87.6 cm
Signed lower left: Allen Tucker / 1923
Provenance
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By de...
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Materials
Oil
New England Landscape, Watercolor by Allen Tucker
By Allen Tucker
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Allen Tucker, American (1866 - 1939)
Title: New England Landscape
Year: 1936
Medium: Watercolor, signed and dated
Size: 19 in. x 28 in. (...
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1930s American Impressionist Allen Tucker Art
Materials
Watercolor
Watercolor of the Oak Tree by Allen Tucker
By Allen Tucker
Located in Hudson, NY
Landscape watercolor by Allen Tucker of an oak tree. This piece, along with several others, was gifted to Una Brage, a friend of the artist in the 1930s.
More about this artist:
Allen Tucker, was an architect and painter so influenced by Vincent Van Gogh that he was called "Vincent in America". (Gerdts 291) Robert Henri and Maurice Prendergast were also credited as having an influence on Tucker's brushwork and compositions, the latter decisively. However, as his painting evolved, he did not fit into any tidy slot for description and was known as an individualist not easily categorized in American art history.
Tucker was born in Brooklyn in 1866 and graduated from the School of Mines of Columbia University with a degree in architecture and took a job as an architectural draftsman in the architectural firm of McIvaine and Tucker, his fathers business. During that time, he studied painting at the Art Students League with Impressionist John H. Twachtman, but it was not until around 1904, when he was 38, that Tucker became a full-time painter, leaving architecture behind. Many of his early canvases were classically Impressionistic with poplar trees resembling those of Van Gogh and haystacks and corn shocks...
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Western Landscape, Modern Watercolor by Allen Tucker 1931
By Allen Tucker
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Allen Tucker, American (1866 - 1939)
Title: Western Landscape
Year: 1931
Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed and dated
Size: 14 in. x 20 in. (35.56 cm x 50.8 cm)
Category
1930s American Impressionist Allen Tucker Art
Materials
Watercolor
Apartment Building, 1920 Oil on Canvas by New York Artist Allen Tucker
By Allen Tucker
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Allen Tucker (American, 1866-1939)
Signed: Allen Tucker (Lower, Right)
" Apartment Building ", ca. 1920
Oil on Canvas
31" x 25"
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Hillside pastel by Allen Tucker
By Allen Tucker
Located in Hudson, NY
Hillside (1918)
Pastel on grey paper
8 ½"x7 ¾"
23 ½" x 19 ½" x 1 ½"
signed "Allen Tucker March 1918" lower right.
Provenance: Gift from the artist to his friend Una Brage, USA/Switzerland, in the 1930s.
Estate of Ms. Brage to her friend Jean Corbett Peck, daughter of architect Harvey Wiley Corbett.
By descent to her daughter
About this artist: Allen Tucker, was an architect and painter so influenced by Vincent Van Gogh that he was called "Vincent in America". (Gerdts 291) Robert Henri and Maurice Prendergast were also credited as having an influence on Tucker's brushwork and compositions, the latter decisively. However, as his painting evolved, he did not fit into any tidy slot for description and was known as an individualist not easily categorized in American art history.
Tucker was born in Brooklyn in 1866 and graduated from the School of Mines of Columbia University with a degree in architecture and took a job as an architectural draftsman in the architectural firm of McIvaine and Tucker, his fathers business. During that time, he studied painting at the Art Students League with Impressionist John H...
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The Rainstorm a watercolor by Allen Tucker
By Allen Tucker
Located in Hudson, NY
Signed and dated "Allen Tucker 1930" lower left. Artwork measures 14" x 11 ¾" and framed 19" x 16 ½" x 2 ¼".
Provenance: Gift from the artist to his friend Una Brage, USA/Switzerland, in the 1930s
Estate of Ms. Brage to her friend Jean Corbett Peck, daughter of architect Harvey Wiley Corbett
By descent
About this artist: Allen Tucker, was an architect and painter so influenced by Vincent Van Gogh that he was called "Vincent in America". (Gerdts 291) Robert Henri and Maurice Prendergast were also credited as having an influence on Tucker's brushwork and compositions, the latter decisively. However, as his painting evolved, he did not fit into any tidy slot for description and was known as an individualist not easily categorized in American art history.
Tucker was born in Brooklyn in 1866 and graduated from the School of Mines of Columbia University with a degree in architecture and took a job as an architectural draftsman in the architectural firm of McIvaine and Tucker, his fathers business. During that time, he studied painting at the Art Students League with Impressionist John H. Twachtman, but it was not until around 1904, when he was 38, that Tucker became a full-time painter, leaving architecture behind. Many of his early canvases were classically Impressionistic with poplar trees resembling those of Van Gogh and haystacks and corn shocks...
Category
1930s Modern Allen Tucker Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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