Early Spring Afternoon--Central Park
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Willard Leroy Metcalf painted this panoramic view of Central Park as he saw it from his apartment on Manhattan’s West Side. His vantage point high above the park promoted a softening of detail and atmosphere that was enhanced by his delicate brushwork.
Metcalf may have been inspired by the bird’s-eye city views of the French Impressionists, including Claude Monet, whom he had come to know personally during several extended summer stays in Giverny, France, during the mid-1880s.
Caption
Willard Leroy Metcalf (American, 1858–1925). Early Spring Afternoon--Central Park, 1911. Oil on canvas, 35 15/16 x 35 15/16 in. (91.3 x 91.3 cm) Frame: 52 1/4 x 52 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (132.7 x 132.7 x 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 66.85. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Early Spring Afternoon--Central Park
Date
1911
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
35 15/16 x 35 15/16 in. (91.3 x 91.3 cm) Frame: 52 1/4 x 52 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (132.7 x 132.7 x 6.4 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower left: "W. L. Metcalf. 1911"
Inscriptions
Inscribed on stretcher: "Early Spring Afternoon--Central Park / W.L. Metcalf -- April 1911"
Credit Line
Frank L. Babbott Fund
Accession Number
66.85
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