Winter in the Country

Artist Jervis McEntee (1828 - 1891)

Date1890

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions30 × 36 in. (76.2 × 91.4 cm)
Framed: 44 3/16 × 50 3/16 × 5 1/4 in.

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.65

Signedl.l., in brown paint: JME N. A. /1890.

Accession number 2006.65

On View

On view

ProvenanceJohn Tomkins, Millbrook, NY, 1907; to Robert C. Vose, Jr. [1911-1998], Boston, MA, May 12, 1967; to Private Collection, 1988; (John H. Surovek Gallery, Palm Beach, FL); to Jo Ann and Julian Ganz, Los Angeles, CA, February 1995; Private Collection; to (Sotheby's Inc., New York, NY), 2006; purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2006
Label TextIn his journal, Jervis McEntee wrote: “Some people call my landscapes gloomy and disagreeable… But this is a mistake... Nature is not sad to me but quiet, pensive, restful.” In this painting he conveyed the calmness of winter. Broad expanses of snow and sky fill the canvas, while ice skaters on the frozen pond show one way to make the most of frigid weather.

En su diario, Jervis McEntee escribió: “Hay quienes piensan que mis paisajes son sombríos y desapacibles… pero están equivocados… Para mí, la naturaleza no está triste sino callada, pensativa, serena.” En esta pintura, transmite la serenidad del invierno. El cielo y la nieve se expanden ampliamente en el lienzo, mientras que los patinadores de hielo se deslizan sobre el estanque congelado para disfrutar de este clima helado.