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Wilson Irvine Evening in the Harbor oil painting


Evening in the Harbor
Painting ID::  4211
Artist: Wilson Irvine
Painting: Evening in the Harbor
Introduction: 1910
   
   
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wilson Irvine Still Life with Petunias oil painting


Still Life with Petunias
Painting ID::  4212
Artist: Wilson Irvine
Painting: Still Life with Petunias
Introduction: 1932
   
   
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wilson Irvine Lady in Red oil painting


Lady in Red
Painting ID::  4213
Artist: Wilson Irvine
Painting: Lady in Red
Introduction: 1932
   
   
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wilson Irvine Cool Shadows oil painting


Cool Shadows
Painting ID::  4214
Artist: Wilson Irvine
Painting: Cool Shadows
Introduction: 1913 Illinois Historical Art Project
   
   
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wilson Irvine The Old Homestead oil painting


The Old Homestead
Painting ID::  4215
Artist: Wilson Irvine
Painting: The Old Homestead
Introduction: 1916 Collection of the Union League Club of Chicago
   
   
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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     1869-1936 Wilson Henry Irvine Galleries Wilson Henry Irvine (28 February 1869-1936) was a master American Impressionist landscape painter. Although most closely associated with the Old Lyme, Connecticut art colony headed by Florence Griswold, Irvine spent his early career near Chicago, a product of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Irvine also painted across Western Europe ?? where he produced outstanding American Impressionist versions of the local countryside. Today, Wilson Irvine's paintings grace the collection of Chicago's Art Institute, as well as other notable collections strong in American Impressionism, including: Old Lyme's Florence Griswold Museum; Washington, D.C.'s Smithsonian Institution National Portrait Gallery and Corcoran Gallery of Art; and Chicago's Union League Club. Irvine is best known for his mastery of light and texture ?? a 1998 exhibit of his work was called Wilson Henry Irvine and the Poetry of Light. To capture subtle effects of light, Irvine often painted en plein air ?? wearing his trademark cap, knickers, and goatee, with his easel and his paints set up in the field. Sometimes Irvine's obsession with light led him to paint rather pedestrian subjects ?? landscapes depicting little more than some trees, or a road or fence. But a number of Irvine masterpieces depict well-composed scenes including houses, boats, bridges ?? even a handful of portraits, including at least one self-portrait and a nude. Wilson Henry Irvine, born near Byron, Illinois, was a descendant of early Illinois settlers and farmers. Wilson channeled his family's agrarian interests into a painter's eye for landscape. From the beginning, Irvine's interest in painterly subjects was equalled by a parallel focus on artistic technology. While still in his 20s, Irvine was a pioneer of the airbrush as artistic medium ?? a medium which had just been developed and marketed by Liberty Walkup, Irvine's Illinois neighbor, mentor, and teacher. Having mastered the airbrush, in 1888 Irvine moved to Chicago to make his reputation. Irvine's "day job" during this period was as an illustrator/graphic designer, often employing the still-novel airbrush. But simultaneously, Irvine built a career as a serious painter. He worked his way up Chicago art society ?? he led the Palette and Chisel Club and Cliff Dwellers Club, along with sculptor Loredo Taft. During these years, Irvine gravitated to the night school of the famed Art Institute of Chicago, where he studied for over seven years. Indeed, the Art Institute was to remain a loyal patron. By the turn of the century, the Institute often showed Irvine's work, and gave him a prestigious solo show over the 1916-1917 Christmas season. To this day, the Art Institute maintains a number of Wilson Irvine paintings in its permanent collection. . Related Artists to Wilson Irvine : | Francois Barraud | Robert Levrac Tournieres | Anna Lea Merritt | Master of the Louvre Nativity | RING, Pieter de |

 

 

 

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