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View in County Kerry by Alexander H. Wyant

View in County Kerry

Alexander H. Wyant · 1872

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DETAILS
Artist
Alexander H. Wyant
Date
1872
Medium
Oil on canvas
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
26 1/4 x 40 in. (66.7 x 101.6 cm)
Collection
The American Wing
Culture
American
Credit line
Gift of George I. Seney, 1887
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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