| The Red Bridge | |
| Artist: | Julian Alden Weir |
| Year: | 1895 |
| Material: | Oil on canvas |
| Height Metric: | 61.6 |
| Width Metric: | 85.7 |
| City: | New York |
| Museum: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Accession: | 14.141 |
The Red Bridge is an 1895 painting by American artist Julian Alden Weir. Done in oil on canvas, Red Bridge has been cited as an excellent example of Weir's Japanese-inspired style of impression.[1] The painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Red Bridge was painted by Weir as an impressionist work; the artist had previously been a detractor of impressionism. The bridge depicted in the painting was a then-new iron truss bridge built over the Shetucket River in Windham, Connecticut. Weir initially viewed the bridge with distaste - it had replaced an older covered bridge he was fond of - but eventually chose to painting a picture of it.[2]
According to the Met, the painting is one of the few American impressionist painting to refer to industrialization.