John Henry Twachtman (18531902) was one of this country's finest Impressionist painters. Like many American artists in the 19th century, Twachtman's education required an enormous amount of travel. He first studied art in his hometown of Cincinnati, then continued his schooling in Munich and later, Paris. He moved throughout Europe, painting in Italy and Holland. Back in the U.S., he maintained a studio in New York City and traveled along the northeast coast. As Twachtman journeyed, he recorded his impressions of both rural and urban landscapes.
In the late 1880s, the artist found his ideal locale, not in Paris or Italy, but while visiting artist J. Alden Weir at his farm, in Branchville, Conn. He liked the area so much that he rented a house nearby in 1888, and he…