An Old Saw Mill

Canadian-born Ernest Lawson was best known as part of a group of American artists identified as "The Eight." He embraced The Eight’s desire to break from academic standards, as did many artistic movements in the early twentieth century. Both in France and in the United States, Lawson turned his back on traditional art schools in favor of working within informal art colonies. He developed a style, showcased in An Old Saw Mill, which reveled in the loose brushstrokes and the plein air painting of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists.