Untitled (Bridge - Old Lyme, Connecticut), c. 1915, Oil on Board 14 x 18 inches, Signed on lower right. PRICE ON REQUEST | VIEW LARGER IMAGE PROVENANCE Chadwick's "Bridge in Old Lyme" represents a commonly explored theme in both French and American Impressionism. Monet did countless paintings of his footbridge at Giverny and such famous American artists as Childe Hassam, Robert Nisbet, and Edward Rook explored this theme as well. This Old Lyme walking bridge is set in a landscape full of beautiful wildflowers, trees, grass and water. These features enable Chadwick to showcase his profound understanding of the subject as well as paint his surroundings with luscious impressionist detail. "Bridge in Old Lyme" is a "plein-air" painting rendered immediately on the surface of the board. Further, Chadwick chose to paint it on the "tooth", or the rough side of the board, which allows more texture to show through the work, as well as act as an earth-toned base, reducing the amount of dark paint needed for shadows. "Bridge in Old Lyme" is indicative of the Impressionist style, which was to take the work under arm and paint it on the spot in one sitting. Childe Hassam once dubbed the Old Lyme Art Colony as the "American Barbizon School" because of the artists' yearning to return to the countryside from industrialized cities. This yearning to take solace in rural America is indicative of the Old Lyme subject matter, which is renowned for it's gorgeous landscapes- peppered with streams, brooks and bridges as well as rural scenes of workers, barns and buildings. "Bridge in Old Lyme" is a superb example of the American Impressionist's lush color palette, bursting with an array of pastel pinks, blues, lavenders and greens, as he tips his hat to the master of Impressionism, Claude Monet.