Alexander Helwig Wyant ( – )
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 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.
This financial help enabled Wyant to study for a year at the National Academy in New York City, where he settled for a short time in By , he was in Karlsruhe, Germany with Hans Fredrik Gude, a Norwegian artist of the Dusseldorf school. Wyant also lived in England and was much influenced by the land
Alexander Helwig Wyant
Alexander Helwig Wyant was an American landscape painter born on January 11, , in Port Washington, Ohio, and he passed away on November 29, , in New York City. Wyant was a prominent figure in the Hudson River School, an art movement known for its romantic portrayal of the American landscape. His early work was heavily influenced by the luminism of Asher B. Durand, but after a transformative trip to Europe in , Wyant's style evolved towards a more tonal and atmospheric approach, aligning with the Barbizon School. A significant event in his life was a stroke in , which left him partially paralyzed, forcing him to paint with his left hand. Despite this challenge, Wyant continued to produce evocative landscapes that contributed to the transition from the Hudson River School to American Tonalism, leaving a lasting impact on the depiction of nature in American art.
A Summer Haunt (ca. )
Landscape with Pond and Cabin ()
Adirondack Lake ()
Split Rail Fence ()
The Old Schoolhouse
Tennessee ()
Derbyshire Landscape ()
Rocky Ledge, Adirondacks ()
Alexander H. Wyant
Artist
born Evans Creek, OH died New York City
- Also known as
- Alexander Helwig Wyant
- Alexander Wyant
- A. H. Wyant
- Born
- Evans Creek, Ohio, United States
- Died
- New York, New York, United States
- Active in
- Arkville, New York, United States
- Keene Valley, New York, United States
- Biography
Landscape painter in the style of George Inness. His early paintings followed closely the Hudson River tradition, while the later—infused with low-key colors, atmospheric features and poetic interpretation—are representative of tonalism.
Joan Stahl American Artists in Photographic Portraits from the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection (Washington, D.C. and Mineola, New York: National Museum of American Art and Dover Publications, Inc., )
Artist Biography
Raised in Defiance, Ohio, Alexander H. Wyant worked during his teens as a sign painter in nearby Port Washington. In he was impressed with some paintings by George Inness at an exhibition in Cincinnati and soon left for New York to meet Inness. After returning to Cincinnati, Wyant secured the support of Nicholas Longworth and went to study in New York in After an
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