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Birth
1836 (Evans Creek, Ohio)
Death
1892 (Arkville, New York)
Lived/Active
New York
Often Known For
tonalist landscape and genre painting
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Hudson River School Painters
Tonalism
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Born in Evans Creek, Ohio, Alexander Wyant was a tonalist landscape and
genre painter who was part of the Hudson River School painters but who
is credited with making the transition within that School from a tight,
restrictive style to the freer methods of Impressionism. He was
much influenced by the French Barbizon impressionists, and his
signature grandiose eastern mountain landscapes with dramatic cloud
formations were much sought after during his lifetime.
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