Overview
Works by Picknell are very special, as he was part of a small group of Americans who ventured to France in the 1880s and worked in a manner so close to his European counterparts. These artists are considered expatriates, and at the time there was the hope that as they returned home with these works, collectors would accept them and buy them as they did the European masters. They are important precursors to Impressionism. And indeed Picknell is often one of the Americans sited as initiating the “glare aesthetic” and techniques that introduced a change of style in the United States.
Awards and Memberships
National Academy of Design, Associate, 1891
Royal Society of British Artists, 1884
Society of American Artists, 1880
Exhibitions
Atlanta Exposition, 1895 (medal)
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1898
City Art Museum, St. Louis
National Academy of Design, 1879
Paris Salon, 1876; 1880, Honorable Mention for The Road to Concarneau; 1895 (medal)
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1881, 1896
Royal Academy, London, 1877
St. Louis Museum, 1897 (solo)
Society of British Artists, London
World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 (medal)
Museums and Public Collections
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Cleveland Museum of Art
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Denver Art Museum
Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts
French National Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Musée D’Orsay
Parrish Art Museum
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
Phoenix Art Museum
San Antonio Art League Museum, Texas
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Union League Club of Chicago
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool