Het schilderij dat William Tasker beroemd maakte is Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff, with Sam Darling Up, Winning the Tradesman's Plate, Chester (1839); het hangt in het Yale Center for British Art, New Haven. The Liverpool and National Steeplechase at Aintree, 1843 (1843) en National Defense (1921) volgen in de harten van verzamelaars en museumbezoekers. Van de 3 werken van William Tasker in onze catalogus zijn dit de 3 meest bewonderde, elk gepresenteerd met de datum, het museum en wat het uniek maakt.
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De 2 musea met de meeste schilderijen op deze pagina.
| Museum | Stad | Werken van William Tasker | Schilderijen uit deze lijst |
|---|---|---|---|
 Yale Center for British Art |
New Haven | 2 | Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff, with Sam Darling Up, Winning the Tradesman's Plate, Chester, The Liverpool and National Steeplechase at Aintree, 1843 |
 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
New York | 1 | National Defense |
Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff, with Sam Darling Up, Winning the Tradesman's Plate, Chester (1839), Yale Center for British Art, New Haven. Daarna volgen The Liverpool and National Steeplechase at Aintree, 1843 (1843) en National Defense (1921).
Onze catalogus bevat 3 werken van William Tasker, gedateerd van 1839 tot 1921.
De meeste bevinden zich in Yale Center for British Art (New Haven) en Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York). De bovenstaande tabel somt de musea één voor één op.
De oudste op deze pagina is Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff, with Sam Darling Up, Winning the Tradesman's Plate, Chester (1839), de nieuwste National Defense (1921).
Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff, with Sam Darling Up, Winning the Tradesman's Plate, Chester en The Liverpool and National Steeplechase at Aintree, 1843 behoren tot de 2 werken op deze pagina die in het Yale Center for British Art, New Haven worden bewaard.
Born in New York City, William Tasker spent his life observing the way light settles upon the land. His brushwork followed the shifts of the Impressionist movement, focusing on the fleeting qualities of color and the atmosphere of the American landscape. He did not merely paint scenes; he captured the way light moves through a space, often working with oil on canvas to build texture and depth. His hands were accustomed to the quiet work of capturing the ephemeral, turning a specific moment in time into a permanent record of light and shadow.
His career was marked by a steady presence in the American art scene. He was part of a generation that helped bring new ways of seeing to the United States, participating in significant exhibitions that changed how people viewed local scenery. His work moved through the galleries of his time, finding its way into permanent collections where his specific handling of color remains visible.
Tasker’s work captures the energy of specific moments, often focusing on the relationship between a subject and its surroundings. His paintings move between the quietude of the landscape and the structured motion of life. His oil on canvas works include:
In National Defense, there is a sense of weight and purpose. The paint carries a certain gravity, moving away from purely decorative scenes toward something more substantial. He had a way of grounding his subjects within a tangible reality, using color and light to define the space they occupy. His presence in the 1913 Armory Show helped bring these Impressionist sensibilities to a wider American audience.
By the time of his death in 1933, Tasker had left behind a body of work that speaks to the evolution of American painting. His involvement in the Armory Show of 1913 placed him at the center of a major shift in artistic thought. He was there when the old ways of seeing were being challenged by new, more experimental approaches. His paintings remain in places like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the brushstrokes still hold the light he once sought to capture. He remains a figure of the Impressionist movement, remembered for how he translated the atmosphere of his surroundings onto the canvas.