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Accession #	14.550
Artist	Theodore Robinson
Title	Willows
Date	ca. 1892
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	17 15/16 x 21 11/16 in. (45.6 x 55.1 cm)
Marks	.
Signed	Unsigned
Credit Line	Gift of George D. Pratt
Location	Visible Storage: Case 15, Screen H (Paintings)

Curatorial Remarks:

This painting exemplifies the artist's debt to the French Impressionist Claude Monet, whom Robinson befriended in Giverny, a small farming village northwest of Paris. Robinson used loose brushwork and thick daubs of pure color to capture the glistening effects of sunlight over the Giverny landscape. The white mill in the background appeared in several of Robinson's works, suggesting that he emulated Monet's practice of painting a single motif—such as haystacks—at different times of day and from different vantage points to explore changes in light and atmosphere.