The artist Guy Pene du Bois wrote in the July 1915 issue of Arts and Decoration: "The Pennsylvania School of landscape painters, whose leader is Edward W. Redfield, is our first truly national expression...It began under the influence of the technique of the French Impressionists. It has restricted itself patriotically to the painting of the typical American landscape." (in Edward Redfield, T. Folk, Allentown, 1987, p.36) Known primarily for his winter scenes, Redfield began painting spring landscapes during the late teens. His best examples show flowering trees and bly sky, painted with Redfield's characteristic energy, clearly seen in May at Point Pleasant. As Redfield himself stated: "What I wanted to do was to go outdoors and capture the look of a scene, whether it was a brook or a bridge, as it looked on a certain day." (in Edward Redfield, T. Folk, p. 35)
This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Edward Redfield's work being compiled by Dr. Thomas Folk.
The painting is in the original Frederick W. Harer frame.