Word: twachtman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...John Twachtman (1853-1902) began his career in a Cincinnati window shade factory, painting decorations. Making his way to Europe for study, he gradually worked deeper into the spirit of impressionism than any other American. Twachtman saw that air itself has color. Nature was to him a prim Salome who kept on all her seven veils. Deftly, delicately, with more tact than passion, he painted her veiled in atmosphere. His Fishing Boats at Gloucester demonstrates Twachtman's genius for evanescent things...