Walter MacEwen, Latter Years

"The Absent One (All Souls Day)" by Walter MacEwen

"Walter MacEwen's cosmopolitan phase lasted about six years after which his work simply mellowed. After 1910, his production began to slow. There was still the occasional Dutch genre painting and expositions, but his interest seemed to be given over to contemporary scenes, many of which may have been inspired by his family.

Having developed arthritis in his hands, MacEwen retired from painting in 1920. He remained in Paris where he dabbled in printmaking and continued to oversee Gari Melchers' European business interests. With the onset of World War II, he and his family were forced to permanently return to the United States. They settled in New York City in 1940 and were still there when MacEwen died in 1943."

(Excerpts from "Walter MacEwen: A Forgotten Episode in American Art" by Rhonda Kay Cross.)