1920.1 Bruce Crane, Lingering Winter | DMA Staging Content Management System

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Bruce Crane captured harmonies of color and light to evoke the poetic qualities of a wintry landscape. Crane Belonged to the Tonalist movement, a style in American painting after 1900 that presented subject matter through tonal values. Rather than depict meticulous details, painters portrayed barren environments in winter and early spring, when fading light dissolved natural forms. Tonalist landscapes were studio productions that relied on the artist's memory of an environment. A contemporary critic described these atmospheric landscapes as "a science for the soul...that may mystify us and lift us above the prose of every-day existence." The scenes appealed to early 20th-century audiences by offering a reprieve from rising industrialization in America.

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c. 1919

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Tonalism

Dallas Art Association

Artist/designers

Crane, Bruce (American, 1857-1937)

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Geography

Depicted location and place of origin: United States (nation): TGN: 7012149

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Oil on canvas

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Before 1920: Bruce Crane

After 1920: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas Art Association Purchase from the above [1][2]

[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

[2] The Dallas Art Association is the predecessor to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name was abandoned in 1970. Works from this collection were transferred to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

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General Description

Bruce Crane captured harmonies of color and light to evoke the poetic qualities of a wintry landscape. Crane Belonged to the Tonalist movement, a style in American painting after 1900 that presented subject matter through tonal values. Rather than depict meticulous details, painters portrayed barren environments in winter and early spring, when fading light dissolved natural forms. Tonalist landscapes were studio productions that relied on the artist's memory of an environment. A contemporary critic described these atmospheric landscapes as "a science for the soul...that may mystify us and lift us above the prose of every-day existence." The scenes appealed to early 20th-century audiences by offering a reprieve from rising industrialization in America.