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Vigor and individualism
- Redfield was referred to at the time as the most "American" artist of New Hope for his vigor and individualism.
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He became regarded as the leading 20th century American painter of winter, winning more awards than any other American painter, with the exception of John Singer Sargent. His works were exhibited nationwide, and twenty-seven of them were featured at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915) in San Francisco, an important venue for ...
Among the New Hope Impressionist painters, Edward Willis Redfield was the most decorated, winning more awards than any American artist except John Singer Sargent. Primarily a landscape painter, Redfield was acclaimed as the most "American" artist of the New Hope school because of his vigor and individualism.
While Redfield was an independent artist, choosing not to formally align himself with the New Hope Group, he was to have a profound influence on the Impressionistic movement awakening in America in the late 19th and early 20th century.
The natural beauty attracted the artist Edward Redfield (1869–1965), who settled north of the town. Redfield painted nature in bold and vibrant colors, and was a pioneer of the realistic painting of winter in America.
Trained in the realist traditions of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Redfield won more lifetime awards for his work than any American artist except John Singer Sargent. He is best known for his vigorous snow scenes, such as this one, painted en plein air (or outdoors) in one sitting.
Preferring to paint en plein air, instead of in a studio, he was regarded as the leading twentieth-century American painter of winter landscapes, winning more awards than any other American painter, except for John Singer Sargent.
