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John Henry Twachtman (1853–1902)
Bloody Run, 1882
oil on canvas
11 1/2 x 23 1/2 in.

   Twachtman grew up in the rich Germanic community of Over-the-Rhine and studied art with Frank Duveneck. He would later become one of the leading figures in American Impressionism. In 1881 Twachtman returned to Cincinnati after his honeymoon in Europe. Living in Avondale, he painted a series of rough, wintry landscapes in the surrounding areas. At the time Avondale was changing from a rural area to a middle-class suburb, and although Twachtman’s view seems desolate and untamed, one can spy the roofs of nearby houses at the top of the hillside. The gory name Bloody Run was actually the name of a valley trail that is now more prudently named Victory Parkway. Thought by some to be named after an Indian massacre, others believe that run-off from slaughterhouses in the area gave the creek its gruesome name.