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An Old Clearing by Alexander H. Wyant

An Old Clearing

Alexander H. Wyant · 1881

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DETAILS
Artist
Alexander H. Wyant
Date
1881
Medium
Oil on canvas
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
49 1/4 x 37 in. (125.1 x 94 cm)
Collection
The American Wing
Culture
American
Credit line
Gift of Robert Gordon, 1912
ART MOVEMENTS
Tonalism
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THE ARTIST

Alexander H. Wyant

Alexander H. Wyant transformed from a Hudson River School painter to a master of Tonalism, even teaching himself to paint with his left hand after a paralyzing stroke.

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