Twilight / Charles Warren Eaton
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- Accession Number
- 1968/2.67
- Title
- Twilight
- Artist
- Charles Warren Eaton
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1857-1937
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Object Creation Date
- 1892
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. Raymond C. Smith
- Style/Group/Movement
- Tonalism
- Inscription
- Inscribed l.r.: CHAS WARREN EATON (underlined)
- Dimensions
- 41.3 cm x 56.7 cm (16 1/4 in. x 22 5/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- Landscape painting with green marshy field in foreground, a grouping of trees in the middle ground on right side of canvas, and blue sky with patches of soft clouds above.
- Subject Matter
- Typical of many of Eaton’s landscape paintings, “Twilight” depicts a marshy meadow with a grouping of trees executed in a Tonalist manner. Dominated by dark, neutral hues in grays, browns and blues, Eaton depicts the landscape with a sense of atmosphere or mist giving the work on an overall tone of wistfulness or nostalgia. Many 19th century American artists, like Eaton, felt a sense of longing for nature untouched by the hand of man, during a time when the Industrial Revolution brought about the clearing of enormous areas of land. The title itself, “Twilight,” is an allusion to the time when something is declining or approaching its end and darkness begins.
- Primary Keywords
- field
- fields
- landscapes
- landscapes (environments)
- marshes
- sky
- tonalist
- trees
- twilight
- water
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- design elements
- earth sciences concepts
- evening
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- modern american styles and periods
- modern north american fine arts styles and movements
- modern north american styles and movements
- natural landscapes
- ornament areas
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the americas
- the natural world
- time
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- waterscapes
- wetlands
- woody plants
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 837 x 597
- File Size
- 34 KB
- Record
- 1968/2.67
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"Twilight; Charles Warren Eaton." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1968-sl-2.67/1968_2.67.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.