Mt. Mansfield in Winter (1895)

Painting

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Edward Martin Taber Family Collection

Landscape of Mt. Mansfield in Winter: An oil painting of a Vermont winter landscape with Mt. Mansfield in the background. The foreground of the painting shows snowy hills dotted with evergreen trees. On the left is a sleigh being pulled by two horses. The snow and the mountains are coloured with blues and purples. A clear blue sky, with a few scattered white clouds, is painted above the mountains. Some of the trees are clearly unfinished and the painting is not signed.
Landscape of Mt. Mansfield in Winter

An oil painting of a Vermont winter landscape with Mt. Mansfield in the background. The foreground of the painting shows snowy hills dotted with evergreen trees. On the left is a sleigh being pulled by two horses. The snow and the mountains are coloured with blues and purples. A clear blue sky, with a few scattered white clouds, is painted above the mountains. Some of the trees are clearly unfinished and the painting is not signed.

Name/Title

Mt. Mansfield in Winter (1895)

Entry/Object ID

P.002.L.001.OC.1895

Description

Edward Martin Taber's most well-known painting, once owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The painting of Mt. Mansfield was left unfinished due to his death in 1896.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil

Subject

Landscape

Subject Place

Town

Stowe

State/Province

Vermont

Region

Northeast

Continent

North America

Category

Works of Edward Martin Taber

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Edward Martin Taber

Role

Painter

Date made

1895

Time Period

19th Century

Place

Town

Stowe

State/Province

Vermont

Region

Northeast

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Height

23-1/2 in

Width

29-1/2 in

Accessories

Accessory

Frame

Color

Blue, White, Purple, Green, Brown, Gray, Black

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Acquisition

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Date

Oct 15, 2019

Acquired From

Doyle Auctioneers and Appraisers

Valuations

Valuation Type

Hammer Price

Value

$10,000.00

Estimator

Doyle Auctioneers and Appraisers

Date

Oct 2019

Relationships

Related Events

Event

Exposition Universelle of 1900 - Fine Arts Exhibition

Notes

"Mt. Mansfield in Winter" was included as part of an American display at the Grand Palais during the Paris Exposition of 1900.

Event

St. Botolph Club: A Memorial Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Edward Martin Taber

Event

Memorial Exhibition of Painting and Drawings by Edward Martin Taber

Event

Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York

Related Entries

Notes

'Sketch for "Mt. Mansfield in Winter"'

Related Publications

Publication

Stowe Notes

General Notes

Note Type

Historical Note

Note

Selected by jury as among the best representations of American art, "Mt. Mansfield in Winter" was included in an exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris, France as part of the Universal Exposition of 1900. It was exhibited again in 1901 at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. The painting was then loaned to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 1902 for exhibition. "Mt. Mansfield in Winter" was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1926, where it was held until it was auctioned in 2019.

Created By

Kathleen Garret