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The Art of the Thaw

MARCH 1999
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The Art of the Thaw
MARCH 1999

There's no mistaking the Upper Valley inspiration in Willard Metcalf's Icebound. Painted in Cornish, New Hampshire, just south of Hanover, in 1909, Icebound helped crystallize Metcalf's preeminence as a winterscape artist. That and 15 other Metcalf paintings showing "Winter's Promise" are on display at the Hood Museum of Art through March 14. Who knew mud season could look this good?