Green Idleness
I was inspired to paint the painting by Green Idleness, (1911) Willard Leroy Metcalf, 1858−1925, an outstanding American landscape painter who, within the framework of this genre, wrote a variety of subjects with equal success. His paintings reflect maritime stories, exotic corners, snow-covered forests and fields, summer views, somewhat reminiscent of Russian nature. The artist worked in the style of impressionism.
A curious fact that confirms Metcalfe's creative success is the cost of one of his paintings. Benediction (1923) sold for $ 13,000, the highest price ever given for a work by a living American artist. The largest collection of Willard Leroy Metcalfe's work is now at the Florence Griswold Museum (Old Lyme, Connecticut).