№ 5818 John Henry Twachtman (American, 1853-1902) Deserted Wharf (The Old Mill at Cos Cob) before 1899 Oil on canvas 61.5 x 51 cm The Cleveland Museum of Art • In 1892, John Twachtman, one of the most imaginative of the American Impressionists, established a summer colony at Cos Cob, Connecticut. This painting depicts the Holley Mill near Cos Cob. Unlike the French Impressionists, who tended to analyze the effects of light and color in a scene, Twachtman was interested in expressing the pure poetry of color and his emotional response to the changes he observed in nature. •