The Essex Canal

c. 1896

Albert Pinkham Ryder was one of the most innovative artists of the late 19th century, creating reductive, yet expressive compositions out of thick, slowly worked paint along with glazes, varnishes, and unconventional materials. A younger generation of American artists celebrated Ryder as an important early modernist who pushed toward abstraction. Ryder’s reclusiveness added to his intrigue and mythic status as an artist ahead of his time.

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Artist

Albert Pinkham Ryder American, 1847–1917

Date

c. 1896

Medium

Oil on canvas mounted on board

Dimensions

41.3 × 52.1 cm (16 1/4 × 20 1/2 in.)

Origin

United States

Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Geist