Bit of Silvermine - The Old Farm House

Maker Charles Reiffel (American, 1862 - 1942)

Collections

American Paintings Selections

ClassificationsPAINTINGS

Date1916

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensions34 1/2 × 37 1/4 in. (87.6 × 94.6 cm.) frame: 40 3/4 × 43 3/4 in. (103.5 × 111.1 cm.)

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Sandra and Bram Dijkstra

Status

On view

Label TextUndulating forms and an interconnected web of trees, rooflines, fences, and hills make up this verdant scene of Silvermine, Connecticut. Lithographer and painter Charles Reiffel lived in the artist colony of Silvermine when he painted this experimental picture, that vibrates with thickly applied paint in saturated colors—the antithesis of a cold and rigid New England. After moving to San Diego in 1925, Reiffel would become one of the most famous and influential San Diego modernists.

Object number2016.18