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ROBERT HENRI (1865-1929) Winter, Bucks County.
Oil on panel, 1901. 203x253 mm; 8x10 inches. Signed lower left, and signed and dated verso. Inscribed with artist's record book number, "153/A/1" verso.
Provenance ACA American Heritage Gallery, Inc., New York (label). Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, January 27, 1965, sale 2326, lot 89. Purchased from the above by private collector, New York. Thence by descent to current owners, New York.
After studying abroad at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1891, the young Robert Henri returned to Philadelphia. Through the 1890's Henri continued to take trips to Paris, studying the works of the Old Masters and his French contemporaries while promoting his career on two continents. The present painting was created during a transitional time in Henri's œuvre, before his specializing in portraiture and his inclusion in the famous exhibition "The Eight" at the Macbeth Gallery in 1908.
By the summer of 1901 Henri had already been recognized as a promising talent; he won his first award in his career, the silver medal in the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. At the time, he was living in New York and teaching at the Veltin School for Girls. Henri had developed deep friendships with fellow artists Arthur B. Davies, William Glackens, and Maurice Prendergast. This young circle of artists shared an appreciation of works by Francisco Goya and Diego Velásquez. The influences of these Old Master artists, and Henri's rejection of the academic painting he learned from the École des Beaux-Arts, are evident in the present work, painted with vigorous brush work and dark, brooding colors.
