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A wintery cityscape including a church façade with bare-branched trees and streetlamps in the f…
Stuyvesant Square in Winter
A wintery cityscape including a church façade with bare-branched trees and streetlamps in the f…
A wintery cityscape including a church façade with bare-branched trees and streetlamps in the foreground horizontally banded by two parallel fences with scattered figures receding along a pathway toward the center.
Stuyvesant Square in Winter, Ernest Lawson, c. 1907, oil on canvas, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

Stuyvesant Square in Winter

Datec. 1907
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 25 1/8 × 30 1/8 inches (63.8 × 76.5 cm)
Framed: 26 1/4 × 31 1/4 × 2 inches (66.7 × 79.4 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase.
Object number1907.5
On View
On view
CopyrightThe images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextErnest Lawson was often classified as an impressionist, but also had close ties to the urban realists of the Ashcan school. This painting combines the feathered brushwork of the impressionists with urban subject matter linking Lawson to the progressive Ashcan artists. The picturesque parks of Manhattan attracted many artists, but Stuyvesant Square was less known and rarely appears in paintings from this period. This work is typical of Lawson’s early style, which is characterized by linear definition of forms mixed with flickering strokes of pigment and a layered buildup of impasto. He has convincingly captured the sparkling haze of the twilight atmosphere, dotting the canvas with flicks of vibrant color in a myriad of hues.
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