JohnTwachtman was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Aug. 4, 1853.
John studied drawing in the evenings, but the most important influence on his artistic formation was Frank Duveneck, who had studied in Munich and settled in Cincinnati in 1873.
Twachtman was a decided success and in 1898 was a founding member of the group of painters known as "The Ten." He bought a place in Greenwich, Conn., not far from Weir's, and painted a great deal at Cos Cob, at Greenwich, and at Weir's farm.
TwachtmanÂ’s life spanned much of the dynamic era between the Civil War and World War I, optimistic years for Americans, whose faith in material progress and prosperity was mirrored in myriad aspects of our national life.
TwachtmanÂ’s domestic idyll was interrupted by the death of two children in infancy in the early 1890s.
Twachtman showed it swathed in snow in several memorable images and, in "October" (circa 1901), he depicted it along with the neighboring store, surrounded by the delicate, pastel hues of fall trees and foliage.
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