Winter Sunset with Snow \n Winter Sunset with Snow \n New England, 1876-1916 \n Oil on academy board, 10” x 14” (painting without frame)

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oil paintings (visual works)
oil paintings (visual works)
oil painting (technique)
academy board
landscapes (representations)
winter
Painting
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Label

John Joseph Enneking was a landscape artist associated with the Boston School, praised as one the most inspiring influences in the American art world by the Boston Globe in 1916. Enneking drew inspiration from several overlapping artistic movements in Europe and America, including Impressionism, Tonalism, and the Barbizon School, blending those styles in his highly regarded landscape paintings of New England. He studied abroad in France and Germany, associating with Jean Millet, Claude Monet, and Camille Pissarro, before settling in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston and opening his studio in 1876.

Enneking was known for his moody and tonalist style, capturing in paint New England landscapes at sunset, twilight, or early dawn. As a plein-air painter, Enneking’s reverence for nature and advocacy for environmental conservation led him to be elected a Park Commissioner in Boston.

Enneking was honored throughout his lifetime: a year before his death, over a thousand people attended a dinner in his honor at the Copley Plaza, where he was crowned with a laurel wreath.

Additional Identification Number

TR2720.1

Maker

Enneking, John J., 1841-1916

Location of Origin

New England

Dimensions

10 x 14 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Credit Line: Gift of James and Nancy Schibanoff

Accession Number

2024.12.1