The Red Bridge | |
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Artist | Julian Alden Weir |
Year | 1895 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 61.6 cm × 85.7 cm (24.3 in × 33.7 in) |
Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
Accession | 14.141 |
The Red Bridge is an 1895 painting by American artist Julian Alden Weir. Done in oil on canvas, Red Bridge has been cited as an excellent example of Weir's Japanese-inspired style of impression. [1] The painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [1]
The Red Bridge was painted by Weir as an impressionist work; the artist had previously been a detractor of impressionism. The bridge depicted in the painting was a then-new iron truss bridge built over the Shetucket River in Windham, Connecticut. [1] Weir initially viewed the bridge with distaste - it had replaced an older covered bridge he was fond of - but eventually chose to painting a picture of it. [1] [2]
According to the Met, the painting is one of the few American impressionist painting to refer to industrialization. [1]