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Redfield died on October 19, 1965. Today his paintings are in many major museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC. Redfield's catalogue raisonné is currently being compiled by art historian Thomas Folk.
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Redfield was referred to at the time as the most "American" artist of New Hope for his vigor and individualism. Favoring the plein air painting, Redfield would work in even the most brutal of weather -often tying his canvas to a tree- and was famous for his winter scenes.
In later years, Edward Willis Redfield became dissatisfied his early works and in 1947 he burned a large number of paintings that he considered sub-standard. He quit painting in 1953, by which time he was already eighty-four years old, he lived to be ninety-six.
Born in Bridgeville Delaware in 1869, Edward Willis Redfield was an American Impressionist painter best known for his pastoral and snowy scenes of the Northeast countryside. Widely regarded as one of the pioneering members of the New Hope Circle, Redfield worked alongside artists such as Daniel Garber, Walter Schofield and Robert Spencer.
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Artist: Edward Willis Redfield (1869–1965) Date: 1911. Culture: American. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 31 7/8 x 39 5/16 in. (81 x 99.8 cm) Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. E. H. Harriman, 1916. Accession Number: 16.150
Redfield worked in the most brutal weather and would often tie his canvas to a tree. Painting rapidly, in thick, broad brush strokes, and without attempting preliminary sketches, Redfield typically completed his paintings in one sitting. Although Redfield is best known for his snow scenes, he painted several spring and summer landscapes, often ...
