The Peony Garden (Primary Title)
Daniel Putnam Brinley, American, 1879 - 1963 (Artist)
Daniel Putnam Brinley studied at New York’s Art Students League with the experimental American impressionist John Twachtman before moving to Paris in the early years of the last century. There he associated with more avant-garde figures, such asJohn Marin, Edouard Steichen, and Max Weber, developing a distinctive style indebted to post-impressionism and fauvism. Brinley would go on to exhibit at Alfred Stieglitz’s progressive Little Galleries on his return from Europe. These art-world connections also led to Brinley’s participation in the landmark 1913 Armory Show, which introduced modern art to a broad American audience. In addition to serving on the exhibition’s domestic, publicity, and reception committees, Brinley showed three works, including this vibrant landscape.
signed and dated lower right: D. Putnam Brinley '12
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
Impressionism: American Gardens on Canvas, The New York Botanical Garden, May 13, 2016 – October 30, September 11, 2016, The Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, February 3 – May 16, 2017
The Artist's Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement, 1887-1920, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 13 - May 24, 2015; Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, June 16 - September 6, 2015; Reynolda House, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, October 3, 2015 - January 3, 2016
Americans at the Armory Show, Montclair Art Mus., Feb 17 - June 16 2013
American Impressionists in the Garden, Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Mus. of Art, March 13 - Sept 6 2010; Tampa Mus. of Art, Sept 24 2010 - Jan 3 2011; Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Feb 25 - May 19 2011
The Cos Cob Colony: Impressionists on the Conneticut Shore, National Academy of Design, New York, Feb 13 - May 13 2001; Museum of Fien Arts, Houston, June 17 - Sept 9 2001; Denver Art Museum, Oct 27 2001 - Jan 20 2002
Visions of Home: American Impressionist Images of Suburban Leisure and Country Comfort, Indianapolis Mus. of Art, 16 May - 8 Aug 1998
Daniel Putnam Brinley: The Impressionist Years, Bowdoin College Musuem of Art, Brunswick, Me., 14 April - 18 June 1978
International Exhibition of Modern Art, 69th Regiment Armory, New York, NY, 17 Feb - 17 March 1913, No. 841
The Artist's Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement, 1887-1920, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 13 - May 24, 2015; Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, June 16 - September 6, 2015; Reynolda House, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, October 3, 2015 - January 3, 2016
Americans at the Armory Show, Montclair Art Mus., Feb 17 - June 16 2013
American Impressionists in the Garden, Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Mus. of Art, March 13 - Sept 6 2010; Tampa Mus. of Art, Sept 24 2010 - Jan 3 2011; Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Feb 25 - May 19 2011
The Cos Cob Colony: Impressionists on the Conneticut Shore, National Academy of Design, New York, Feb 13 - May 13 2001; Museum of Fien Arts, Houston, June 17 - Sept 9 2001; Denver Art Museum, Oct 27 2001 - Jan 20 2002
Visions of Home: American Impressionist Images of Suburban Leisure and Country Comfort, Indianapolis Mus. of Art, 16 May - 8 Aug 1998
Daniel Putnam Brinley: The Impressionist Years, Bowdoin College Musuem of Art, Brunswick, Me., 14 April - 18 June 1978
International Exhibition of Modern Art, 69th Regiment Armory, New York, NY, 17 Feb - 17 March 1913, No. 841
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