Early Spring Afternoon--Central Park Willard Leroy Metcalf (American, 1858-1925). Early Spring Afternoon--Central Park, 1911. Oil on canvas, 35 15/16 x 35 15/16 in. ( x cm). Willard Leroy Metcalf painted this panoramic view of Central Park as he saw it from his apartment on Manhattan’s West Side. His vantage point high above the park promoted a softening of detail and atmosphere that was enhanced by his delicate brushwork. Metcalf may have been inspired by the bird’s-eye city views of the French Impressionists, including Claude Monet, whom he had come to know personally during severa
Early Spring Afternoon--Central Park Willard Leroy Metcalf (American, 1858-1925). Early Spring Afternoon--Central Park, 1911. Oil on canvas, 35 15/16 x 35 15/16 in. ( x cm). Willard Leroy Metcalf painted this panoramic view of Central Park as he saw it from his apartment on Manhattan’s West Side. His vantage point high above the park promoted a softening of detail and atmosphere that was enhanced by his delicate brushwork. Metcalf may have been inspired by the bird’s-eye city views of the French Impressionists, including Claude Monet, whom he had come to know personally during several extended summer stays in Giverny, France, during the mid-1880s. American Art 1911
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