John Enneking: American Impressionist

March 19 – August 31

Enneking is often credited as “America’s first Impressionist”. His continued studies with the great impressionists of Europe influenced the development of his personal style, nurtured his love of nature, and reinforced his drive as a professional artist. He brought these teachings back with him to the United States where he painted in Boston and throughout greater region. Discover New England in a new light through Enneking’s bubbling trout brooks, thickly forested landscapes, solitary clam diggers, and his favorite subject: the brilliant New England twilight.

Celebrated during his time as “one of the world’s greatest landscape painters,” the Cahoon Museum is proud to present our collection of six John Enneking paintings alongside significant loans illustrating his many studies in Europe, his passion for nature conservation, and his advocacy for a truly American art style. The exhibition also reunites the artist with those whom he worked alongside and inspired while living and working in Boston, including the young Martha Cahoon.