From 1883 to 1885 Twachtman studied at the Académie Julian in Paris and spent the summers painting in Normandy and at Arques-la-Bataille, near Dieppe. During this period his brushwork became more subdued and his palette lightened considerably, a change to which his familiarity with the work of [[James Whistler|James McNeill Whistler]] may have contributed. [https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/horo_twatchman.shtm] | From 1883 to 1885 Twachtman studied at the Académie Julian in Paris and spent the summers painting in Normandy and at Arques-la-Bataille, near Dieppe. During this period his brushwork became more subdued and his palette lightened considerably, a change to which his familiarity with the work of [[James Whistler|James McNeill Whistler]] may have contributed. [https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/horo_twatchman.shtm] |