The Red Bridge
1895 · Oil on canvas · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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About this work
- Artist
- J. Alden Weir (1852–1919)
- Year
- 1895
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 61.6 × 85.7 cm
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Movement
- American Impressionism
A new iron truss bridge, painted red, crosses the Shetucket River near Windham, Connecticut, seen through a screen of summer trees and reflected in the water. The bridge replaced an old covered bridge, and Weir is said at first to have resented it before finding it a good subject. It is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A green summer river with a bold red bridge for a living room, study or hallway in a dark wood frame. It suits white or sage walls and is a gift for an engineer.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- American Impressionism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1895)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- living room, hallway or entryway, study or library, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 16×12, 24×18 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or dark wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.























