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In the Connecticut Hills by Ben Foster

In the Connecticut Hills

Ben Foster · 1914

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DETAILS
Artist
Ben Foster
Date
1914
Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Culture
United States
ART MOVEMENTS
Tonalism
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THE ARTIST

Ben Foster

1852–1926 · United States

American landscape painter who captured the moody atmospheres of New England's hills and coastlines.

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