JULIAN ONDERDONK (American, 1882-1922). Early Morning on the San Antonio River at Mill Bridge, 1919. Ol on panel. 8 x 10...

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JULIAN ONDERDONK (American, 1882-1922)
Early Morning on the San Antonio River at Mill Bridge, 1919
Ol on panel
8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Signed lower right: Julian Onderdonk
Titled, signed, and dated verso: Early Morning on the San Antonio / River at Mill Bridge / Julian Onderdonk 1919

Painted the same year as Coreopsis, this painting emphasizes the two stylistic worlds of Julian Onderdonk. Although painted with an Impressionist's brushstroke, Early Morning owes its allegiance to Dutch paintings of The Hague School (popular in the United States from 1875 to 1900), his father's influence (and perhaps even his own Dutch ancestry), and American Tonalism, especially the paintings of Bruce Crane Moreover, while Julian Onderdonk's paintings of the white-hot, sun-drenched southwest Texas landscape and hazy Hill Country scenes are well known, he was also fascinated with different times of day, particularly dusk and dawn, as well as weather.


More information about JULIAN ONDERDONK. See also: Onderdonk, Julian, Julian Onderdonk Artist.



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