From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wyatt Eaton
Wyatt Eaton
bizon, and was also influenced by his friend Jules Bastien-
Lepage.
After his return to the United States in 1877, he be-
came a teacher in the Cooper Institute, and opened a stu-
dio 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
Self portrait of Wyatt Eaton • Wyatt Eaton at Artcyclopedia.com
• Wyatt Eaton at AskArt.com
Wyatt Eaton baptised Charles Wyatt Eaton (May 6, 1849
Eaton, Eaton, Persondata
– June 7, 1896) was an Canadian/American portrait and Name Eaton, Wyatt
figure painter, remembered as one of the founders of the
Alternative names
Society of American Artists.
Short description
Biography Date of birth May 6, 1849
Place of birth
Born in Philipsburg, Quebec, Lower Canada, Eaton was a
student of the National Academy of Design, New York. Date of death June 7, 1896
In 1872, he moved to Paris and studied at the École des Place of death
Beaux-Arts under Jean-Léon Gérôme. During this time,
he made the acquaintance of Jean-François Millet at Bar-
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