Artist

Dwight W. Tryon

born Hartford, CT 1849-died South Dartmouth, MA 1925
Media - J0103733_1b.jpg - 89787
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 (16 items)

Joseph Stella, Neapolitan Song, 1929, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Françoise and Harvey Rambach, 2000.11
Neapolitan Song
Date1929
oil on canvas
Not on view
Joseph Stella, Untitled--Tree Trunk, ca.1910, printed late 1950s, etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Bernard Rabin in memory of Henry A. Rabin, 1989.17.5
Untitled – Tree Trunk
Dateca.1910, printed late 1950s
etching on paper
Not on view
Joseph Stella, Untitled--Man with Cap and Fur Collar, ca. 1910, printed late 1950s, etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Bernard Rabin in memory of Henry A. Rabin, 1989.17.2
Untitled – Man with Cap and Fur Collar
Dateca. 1910, printed late 1950s
etching on paper
Not on view
Joseph Stella, Untitled--Old Woman Reading, ca. 1910, printed late 1950s, etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Bernard Rabin in memory of Henry A. Rabin, 1989.17.1
Untitled – Old Woman Reading
Dateca. 1910, printed late 1950s
etching on paper
Not on view