Winter Evening
n.d.
21 in. x 28 in.
Leon Dabo,
American,
(1868–1960)
Medium and Support:
oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum, Gift of The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company
Accession Number:
2002.1.40
Leon Dabo’s use of thinned pigments and veils of color recalls the tonalist work of James McNeill Whistler, as does the artist’s stylized monogram. Dabo blurs the distinction between earth and sky, capturing perfectly the mood of a snowy winter landscape.