Wyatt Eaton

Self portrait of Wyatt Eaton

Wyatt Eaton, baptised Charles Wyatt Eaton, (May 6, 1849 – June 7, 1896) was an Canadian/American portrait and figure painter, remembered as one of the founders of the Society of American Artists.

Biography

Born in Philipsburg, Quebec, Lower Canada, Eaton was a student of the National Academy of Design, New York. In 1872, he moved to Paris and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under Jean-Léon Gérôme. During this time, he made the acquaintance of Jean-François Millet at Barbizon, and was also influenced by his friend Jules Bastien-Lepage.

After his return to the United States in 1877, he became a teacher in the Cooper Institute, and opened a studio in New York City. He became one of the founders of the Society of American Artists, in which he was the first secretary. Eaton died from tuberculosis at Newport, Rhode Island on June 7, 1896.^[1]

Works

• 1870 - Farmer's Boy
• 1875 - Reverie
• 1876 - Harvesters at Rest
• 1879 - Boy Whittling
• 1879 - Portrait of William Cullen Bryant
• 1880 - Grandmother and Child

References

1. ^ Dictionary of Canadian Biography online

• 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica

External links

• Wyatt Eaton at Artcyclopedia.com
• Wyatt Eaton at AskArt.com

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Name	Eaton, Wyatt
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Date of birth	May 6, 1849
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Date of death	June 7, 1896
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