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Dwight William Tryon
(Hartford, CT, 1849 - 1925, Dartmouth, MA)
Dwight William Tryon was born in Hartford, Connecticut in August of 1849. During his youth he worked in a bookstore, and in his free time he studied the various art instruction books that were offered there. In his off hours, Tryon took to sketching landscapes of his surrounding countryside. In 1870 Tryon began selling his works locally. Soon afterward he participated in an exhibit at the National Academy of Design, and with this encouraging step in his artistic endeavors, he quit his job at the bookstore, married, and became an artist full-time. In 1876, Tryon made the decision to further his art education formally. He sold his paintings and moved with his wife to France, where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. His artwork tended toward the realistic, romantic style of the Barbizon school, and stayed clear of the influence of the impressionistic movement which was rising in popularity at the time. Tryon remained in Europe for the next five years, sketching the countryside, taking classes, and getting instruction from other artist such as Charles-Francois Daubigny, Henri Harpignies, and Jean Baptiste-Antoine Guillemet. In 1881 Tryon returned to the United States and established a studio in New York City, where he taught art classes and continued painting landscapes. He continued to exhibit at the National Academy of Design, and in 1887 built a summer home in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, where he stayed for the rest of his life, other than the winter months spent in NYC. Tryon worked mostly in oils, painting land- and seascapes in delicate, glowing hues that became part of his signature style. He taught at Smith College from 1886 to 1923, and also established the Tryon Gallery of Art. He died of cancer in Dartmouth on July 1, 1925.
(Hartford, CT, 1849 - 1925, Dartmouth, MA)
Dwight William Tryon was born in Hartford, Connecticut in August of 1849. During his youth he worked in a bookstore, and in his free time he studied the various art instruction books that were offered there. In his off hours, Tryon took to sketching landscapes of his surrounding countryside. In 1870 Tryon began selling his works locally. Soon afterward he participated in an exhibit at the National Academy of Design, and with this encouraging step in his artistic endeavors, he quit his job at the bookstore, married, and became an artist full-time. In 1876, Tryon made the decision to further his art education formally. He sold his paintings and moved with his wife to France, where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. His artwork tended toward the realistic, romantic style of the Barbizon school, and stayed clear of the influence of the impressionistic movement which was rising in popularity at the time. Tryon remained in Europe for the next five years, sketching the countryside, taking classes, and getting instruction from other artist such as Charles-Francois Daubigny, Henri Harpignies, and Jean Baptiste-Antoine Guillemet. In 1881 Tryon returned to the United States and established a studio in New York City, where he taught art classes and continued painting landscapes. He continued to exhibit at the National Academy of Design, and in 1887 built a summer home in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, where he stayed for the rest of his life, other than the winter months spent in NYC. Tryon worked mostly in oils, painting land- and seascapes in delicate, glowing hues that became part of his signature style. He taught at Smith College from 1886 to 1923, and also established the Tryon Gallery of Art. He died of cancer in Dartmouth on July 1, 1925.
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