Twilight / Charles Warren Eaton

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Accession Number
1968/2.67
Title
Twilight
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 2
United States (nation)
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.
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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 March 18, 2024.
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