Artist

Dwight W. Tryon

born Hartford, CT 1849-died South Dartmouth, MA 1925
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Dwight W. Tryon, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0103733
Also known as
  • Dwight William Tryon
  • D. W. Tryon
  • Dwight Tryon
Born
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Died
South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States
Biography

Painter and teacher. A tonalist, Tryon painted landscapes and seascapes in which his subtle manipulation of atmosphere and mood were key elements. Charles Lang Freer was his avid patron and many of Tryon's paintings are in the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

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 (7 items)

William Morris Hunt, Violet Girl, 1857, lithograph with tint stone on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1974.16.2
Violet Girl
Date1857
lithograph with tint stone on paper
Not on view
William Morris Hunt, The Fortune Teller, ca. 1857-1858, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1968.81
The Fortune Teller
Dateca. 1857-1858
lithograph on paper
Not on view
William Morris Hunt, Girl at the Fountain, ca. 1857, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1980.67.7
Girl at the Fountain
Dateca. 1857
lithograph on paper
Not on view
William Morris Hunt, Portrait of Agnes Elizabeth Claflin, 1873, oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1985.27
Portrait of Agnes Elizabeth Claflin
Date1873
oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard
Not on view