Page loaded successfully. Showing keywords for Alexander Helwig Wyant.
Artist Keywords
Keywords page for Alexander Helwig Wyant ((1836 - 1892)), known for Tonalist landscape and genre painting. Showing associated keywords and tags.
Alexander Helwig Wyant KEYWORDS
1836 Evans Creek, Ohio - 1892 Arkville, New York. Known for: Tonalist landscape and genre painting.
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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. He was raised in a family of... Read full biography
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. He was raised in a family of itinerant farmers and early apprenticed to a harness maker and sign painter. His commitment to becoming an artist resulted from his seeing landscapes by George Inness Sr. in an exhibition in Cincinnati in 1857. He made a trip to New York to meet Inness,... Read full biography
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. He was raised in a family of itinerant farmers and early apprenticed to a harness maker and sign painter. His commitment to becoming an artist resulted from his seeing landscapes by George Inness Sr. in an exhibition in Cincinnati in 1857. He made a trip to New York to meet Inness, who recognizing the young man's talent, helped him secure to the patronage of Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati. T... Read full biography
Alexander Helwig Wyant - Artist Info
About Alexander Helwig Wyant: Keywords
Keywords (63)
Art Method
- •Cartography, Mapmaking, Globes, Topography
- •Easel Painting
- •Itinerant Artist
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Contemporary Impressionism, After 1940
- •Hudson River School
- •Hudson River School Style of Painting
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Tonalist, Tonalism
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
- •Wildlife, Wild Animal
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Adirondack Mountains
- •Arizona Before 1945
- •Barbizon, France
- •Canyon de Chelly
- •Catskill Mountains, New York
- •Cincinnati Before 1900
- •Colorado Before 1900
- •Europe
- •Hudson River Valley, New York
- •Lake George, New York
- •Litchfield, Connecticut
- •Minnesota, Upper Mississippi Before 1900
- •Missouri River Valley Before 1900
- •New Mexico Before 1940
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
- •West Virginia Before 1920
Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Art School
- •National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
Chronology
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Chicago Union League Club
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
- •Patron Support by Nicholas Longworth, Ohio
Artist Colony
- •Grez-sur-Loing, France
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889
- •Louisiana Purchase Expo, St. Louis World's Fair 1904
- •World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892-1893
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •Brooklyn Art Association-
- •Lotos Club
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts