# Hemlock Pool, in Now at Smithsonian Institution

John Henry Twachtman painted this in about 1890-1900, aged about 37. It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

From the museum's label:

> John Twachtman painted this scene in all different seasons. He drew inspiration from his seventeen acres of land in Greenwich, Connecticut, and his paintings of the property express the emotional and spiritual comfort he found there.

_Text from the Smithsonian American Art Museum._

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1890-1900
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 22 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. (56.5 x 76.7 cm)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1929.6.140
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[John Henry Twachtman](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/john-henry-twachtman), born Cincinnati, OH 1853-died Gloucester, MA 1902

2 works in the collection.

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