Bit of Silvermine - The Old Farm House

Undulating forms and an interconnected web of trees, rooflines, fences, and hills make up this verdant scene of Silvermine, Connecticut. Lithographer and painter Charles Reiffel lived in the artist colony of Silvermine when he painted this experimental picture, that vibrates with thickly applied paint in saturated colors—the antithesis of a cold and rigid New England. After moving to San Diego in 1925, Reiffel would become one of the most famous and influential San Diego modernists.