Alexander Helwig Wyant

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Alexander Helwig Wyant was a 19th-century American landscape painter known for his atmospheric, poetic style that helped shape the Tonalist movement.

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Alexander Helwig Wyant canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American artist ⓘ
human ⓘ
landscape painter ⓘ
painter ⓘ
activeInCentury 19th century ⓘ
artisticStyle atmospheric ⓘ
poetic ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1836-01-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1892-11-29 ⓘ
educatedBy George Inness ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Wyant ⓘ
fieldOfWork landscape painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
fullName Alexander Helwig Wyant ⓘ
genre landscape art ⓘ
givenName Alexander ⓘ
hasWorkInCollection Cleveland Museum of Art ⓘ
Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
Smithsonian American Art Museum ⓘ
influenced Tonalist painters ⓘ
influencedBy Barbizon school ⓘ
George Inness ⓘ
knownFor moody, atmospheric landscapes ⓘ
poetic interpretation of nature ⓘ
subtle tonal harmonies ⓘ
memberOf National Academy of Design ⓘ
movement American Tonalism ⓘ
linked to: Tonalism

Hudson River School (late phase, associated) ⓘ
linked to: Hudson River School

Tonalism ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableFor American landscape painting ⓘ
helping shape the Tonalist movement ⓘ
transition from Hudson River School to Tonalism in American art ⓘ
notableWork An Old Clearing ⓘ
Keene Valley ⓘ
The Pool in the Woods ⓘ
The Silent River ⓘ
occupation painter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Eaton, Ohio ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
residence Arkville, New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Tonalism → hasNotableArtist → Alexander Helwig Wyant ⓘ
Alexander Helwig Wyant → fullName → Alexander Helwig Wyant ⓘ