Pasture at Evening
1912–32
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967
Accession Number
67.187.138
Tags
Art Historical Context
Albert Pinkham Ryder's *Pasture at Evening (1912–32) captures a serene American pastoral scene, evoking the quiet magic of twilight in a modest 12 x 16-inch oil on canvas. Rendered in the artist's characteristic moody, atmospheric style, the painting features grazing animals amid silhouetted trees, bathed in the soft, diffused light of dusk. Tags like "Animals," "Pastoral," "Trees," "Evening" highlight its focus on nature's tranquil harmony, a recurring theme in Ryder's introspective oeuvre. As a key figure in American art, Ryder bridged 19th-century Romanticism and early modernism, often wor...
About the Artist
Albert Pinkham Ryder · 1847–1917
Largely self-taught, Albert Pinkham Ryder is widely considered one of America's greatest visionary painters. His intense use of color and mysterious themes are distinctly Romantic. Ryder moved with his family from New Bedford, Massachusetts to New York in 187, where he studied briefly at the New York National Academy of Design. He studied the engravings of Camille Corot and other Barbizon painters...