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 (2 items)

Dwight W. Tryon, Midsummer Moonrise, 1892, oil on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of International Business Machines Corporation, 1969.131
Midsummer Moonrise
Date1892
oil on wood
Not on view
Dwight W. Tryon, November, 1904-1905, oil on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans, 1909.7.63
November
Date1904-1905
oil on wood
Not on view