Center Bridge in Winter
Datec. 1920
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 33 3/4 × 50 inches (85.7 × 127 cm)
Framed: 49 3/4 × 63 15/16 × 3 3/8 inches (126.4 × 162.4 × 8.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase.
Object number1920.1
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 TextBorn in Delaware, Redfield studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts before traveling to Paris in 1887. After a summer of painting in southern France with Robert Henri, Redfield's main interest began to shift from portraiture to landscape. This emphasis developed and culminated in Redfield's mature style shortly after he moved to Center Bridge, Pennsylvania, in 1900. There he worked out his personal approach to impressionism, which was to make him one of the most successful painters in America. By shaping blobs of paint into tactile masses which form the dried grasses, haystack, slushy snow, trees, buildings, and sky, Redfield recorded his vision of Center Bridge in winter.
