The Red Bridge
Artist: Julian Alden Weir (American, 1852–1919)
Original Dimensions: 24 1/4" x 33 3/4"
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
About Artwork: (1895) "After seeing the 1877 Impressionist exhibition in Paris, Weir complained that it was "worse than the Chamber of Horrors." Two decades later, working in the Connecticut countryside under the influence of friends such as Theodore Robinson—and inspired by Japanese woodblock prints—he embraced both Impressionist techniques and modern subjects in local scenes of nature and industry. In this innovative composition painted outdoors, Weir captured the striking form of a new iron truss bridge, covered with red priming paint, over the Shetucket River in Windham, not far from his summer home." - (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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