A view across a field that is yellow and light green, to a sketchily composed town dominated by…

Buttercup Time

Artist Willard Leroy Metcalf (American, 1858 - 1925)

Date1920

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 26 1/4 × 29 inches (66.7 × 73.7 cm)
Framed: 36 1/8 × 39 × 2 1/4 inches (91.8 × 99.1 × 5.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase.

Object number1926.1

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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 TextAlthough he was to become a well-known American impressionist, Willard Metcalf began his career as a wood engraver before receiving a scholarship to study at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. In 1883 he sailed for Paris, where he studied at the Académie Julian and traveled extensively. After returning to America in 1888, Metcalf settled in New York City and became a founding member of "The Ten" American painters, an independent group of impressionists that included Childe Hassam and John Henry Twachtman. Metcalf was celebrated for his evocative landscape paintings, many of which depicted his native New England. In Buttercup Time, Metcalf utilized a bright palette, loose brushstrokes, and an informal composition to capture a sparkling field of flowers on a summer afternoon in New England.

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