May Moon
1902
20th Century
24 in. x 30 in.
Allen Butler Talcott,
American,
(1867–1908)
Medium and Support:
oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum, Gift of The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company
Accession Number:
2002.1.136
Completed in Old Lyme, this painting's muted palette evokes early spring with flecks of fresh green and new buds set against a subdued palette of autumn. A full moon rises in the background behind white-barked sycamores while the light of a setting sun bathes the trees and riverbank in the foreground.