Wyatt Eaton
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portrait and figure painter, remembered as one of the founders of the Society of American Artists
Society of American Artists
The Society of American Artists was an American artists group. It was formed in 1877 by artists who felt the National Academy of Design did not adequately meet their needs, and was too conservative....
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Biography
Born in Philipsburg, QuebecQuebec
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, Lower Canada
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, Eaton was a student of the National Academy of Design
National Academy of Design
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, New York
New York
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. In 1872, he moved to Paris
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and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The most famous is the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, now located on the left bank in Paris, across the Seine from the Louvre, in the 6th arrondissement. The school has a history spanning more than 350 years,...
under Jean-Léon Gérôme
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Jean-Léon Gérôme was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as Academicism. The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits and other subjects, bringing the Academic painting tradition to an artistic climax.-Life:Jean-Léon Gérôme was born...
. During this time, he made the acquaintance of Jean-François Millet
Jean-François Millet
Jean-François Millet was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France...
at Barbizon
Barbizon
Barbizon is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in north-central France. It is located near the Fontainebleau Forest.-Art history:The Barbizon school of painters is named after the village; Théodore Rousseau and Jean-François Millet, leaders of the school, made their homes and died in the...
, and was also influenced by his friend Jules Bastien-Lepage
Jules Bastien-Lepage
Jules Bastien-Lepage , was a French naturalist painter, a style related to the Realist movement.-Life and work:...
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After his return to the United States
United States
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in 1877, he became a teacher in the Cooper Institute, and opened a studio in New York City
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. He became one of the founders of the Society of American Artists
Society of American Artists
The Society of American Artists was an American artists group. It was formed in 1877 by artists who felt the National Academy of Design did not adequately meet their needs, and was too conservative....
, in which he was the first secretary. Eaton died from tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
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at Newport, Rhode Island
Newport, Rhode Island
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on June 7, 1896.
Works
- 18701870 in art-Events:*Franco-Prussian War breaks out: Monet and Pissarro flee to London.*Édouard Manet and Louis Edmond Duranty fight a duel at Café Guerbois, Paris.-Paintings:*Henri Fantin-Latour - A Studio in the Batignolles...
- Farmer's Boy - 18751875 in art-Paintings:*Gustave Caillebotte - Floor-scrapers *Jean-Paul Laurens - L'Excommunication de Robert le Pieux ...
- Reverie - 18761876 in art-Works:*Lawrence Alma-Tadema - An Audience at Agrippa's*Edward Mitchell Bannister - Under the Oaks*Albert Fitch Bellows - Sunday in Devonshire*Gustave Caillebotte - Le pont de l'Europe *Paul Cézanne - Vase of Flowers...
- Harvesters at Rest - 18791879 in art-Works:*Michael Peter Ancher - Vil han klare pynten *Albert Fitch Bellows - The Parsonage*William-Adolphe Bouguereau - The Birth of Venus*Edgar Degas - Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando...
- Boy Whittling - 18791879 in art-Works:*Michael Peter Ancher - Vil han klare pynten *Albert Fitch Bellows - The Parsonage*William-Adolphe Bouguereau - The Birth of Venus*Edgar Degas - Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando...
- Portrait of William Cullen BryantWilliam Cullen BryantWilliam Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post.-Youth and education:... - 18801880 in art-Events:*Vincent van Gogh begins his career as a professional painter.*Anton Mauve paints Changing Pasture: His palette and usage of colour influences Vincent van Gogh.*Michael Peter Ancher marries fellow painter Anna Kirstine Brøndum.-Awards:...
- Grandmother and Child
External links
- Wyatt Eaton at Artcyclopedia.com
- Wyatt Eaton at AskArt.com