# Pastures, Branchville, Connecticut

- By: John Henry Twachtman (American, 1853–1902)
- Date: c. 1888–91
- Medium: pastel on composition board
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: Sheet: 37.9 x 45.7 cm (14 15/16 x 18 in.)
- Culture: America
- Credit line: Gift of E. R. Brumley
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.72)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.72/1946.72_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

In the mid-1880s a group of American artists joined together to promote the expressive qualities of pastel. As a member of this group, known as the Society of Painters in Pastel, Twachtman contributed actively to their last three exhibitions in 1888, 1889, and 1890. As in this example, Twachtman incorporated the tone of his papers into his imagery, so that the paper becomes a part of the design itself. The most frequent subjects of his pastels were views of the fields and undulating countryside of Greenwich, Connecticut, with gentle rhythms punctuated by occasional trees and patches of wildflowers.