Artist

Alexander H. Wyant

born Evans Creek, OH 1836-died New York City 1892
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Alexander H. Wyant, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0002310
Also known as
  • Alexander Helwig Wyant
  • Alexander Wyant
  • A. H. Wyant
Born
Evans Creek, Ohio, United States
Died
New York, New York, United States
Active in
  • Arkville, New York, United States
  • Keene Valley, New York, United States
Biography

Landscape painter in the style of George Inness. His early paintings followed closely the Hudson River tradition, while the later—infused with low-key colors, atmospheric features and poetic interpretation—are representative of tonalism.

Joan Stahl American Artists in Photographic Portraits from the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection (Washington, D.C. and Mineola, New York: National Museum of American Art and Dover Publications, Inc., 1995)

Works by this artist (1 item)

Glenn Kaino, Bridge, 2013-2014, fiberglass, steel, wire and gold paint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Smithsonian Secretary and the Smithsonian National Board and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2022.34A-C, © 2013-2014, Glenn Kaino
Bridge
Date2013-2014
fiberglass, steel, wire and gold paint
On view