Trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and arguably the stylistic leader of the Pennsylvania Impressionist school of painting, Edward W. Redfield (1869-1965) was fascinated by the forces that colored an individual's reaction to nature. His paintings reflected an engagement with the American experience, in an unsentimental impressionist style. A painter of great immediacy, Redfield understood that art was an expressive activity rooted in sensibility and feeling, and advised other artists, "See it, seize it, remember it—then get out and paint it."
The phenomenal popularity of Redfield from 1900 to 1920 cannot be fully understood without considering how his life and work were viewed as the embodiment of a national spirit of the progress of America. Redfield's paintings embodied the rawness and energy of America during a period of transformation from a predominantly agrarian to an industrialized capitalist nation. Not only did these bold, vibrant pictures provide welcome images of the natural world, they exuded a spirit of personal authenticity, and stability for an audience in search of these qualities.
With extraordinary access to the rich collection of the Redfield family archives, Constance Kimmerle is able to broaden the understanding of the artist and his work. Through the use of primary sources including Redfield's personal letters and his journal, Kimmerle creates a unique and intimate portrait of one of America's greatest impressionist painters.
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"Through the use of primary sources, including Redfield's personal letters and his journal, Kimmerle creates a unique and intimate portrait of a committed family man an done of America's greatest impressionist painters."—Ambler Gazette
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Constance Kimmerle is Curator of Collections at the James A. Michener Art Museum.
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This is a very good book about an excellent painter. It includes about 59 color reproductions and a few b&w. Some of the paintings are not his best but there are still quite a few good ones. This is a basic biography with paintings and descriptions. One could wish for more about the man and his comrades. It's a fairly good biography but for an Redfield lover you will want for more.
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A good introduction to the life and work of Ed Redfield, without getting bogged down in endless detail. Beautiful color plates!
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In describing his reaction to one of Edward W. Redfield's "brave blossom pictures" "full of lush air and running water and breeze," artist Albert Sterner informed Redfield that the work,"painted as you always paint, from the shoulder," impressed him with its "just values and fine seeing." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fourteen canvases, hanging committee, solo exhibition, microfilm reel, annual exhibition, gelatin silver print Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Edward Redfield, New York, Center Bridge, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Bucks County, Edward Willis Redfield Papers, Robert Henri, National Academy of Design, Michener Art Museum, John Sloan, Art Club of Philadelphia, Boothbay Harbor, New Jersey, Specimen Days, Universal Exposition, Collection of Patricia, Country Life, Public Ledger, United States, Art Institute of Chicago, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Delaware River, Thomas Eakins, Alexander Stirling Calder, Charles Grafly New!
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In describing his reaction to one of Edward W. Redfield's "brave blossom pictures" "full of lush air and running water and breeze," artist Albert Sterner informed Redfield that the work,"painted as you always paint, from the shoulder," impressed him with its "just values and fine seeing." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fourteen canvases, hanging committee, solo exhibition, microfilm reel, annual exhibition, gelatin silver print Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Edward Redfield, New York, Center Bridge, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Bucks County, Edward Willis Redfield Papers, Robert Henri, National Academy of Design, Michener Art Museum, John Sloan, Art Club of Philadelphia, Boothbay Harbor, New Jersey, Specimen Days, Universal Exposition, Collection of Patricia, Country Life, Public Ledger, United States, Art Institute of Chicago, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Delaware River, Thomas Eakins, Alexander Stirling Calder, Charles Grafly New!
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- Thomas Eakins by Darrel Sewell on 4 pages
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- Specimen Days by Walt Whitman on page 3, page 5, and Back Matter
- The American Painting by Corcorn Gallery of Art on page 5, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Galleries of the Exposition by Eugen Neuhaus on page 5, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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