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Broad, Silent Valley by Alexander H. Wyant

Broad, Silent Valley

Alexander H. Wyant · 1877

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DETAILS
Artist
Alexander H. Wyant
Date
1877
Medium
Oil on canvas
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
60 5/8 x 50 1/2 in. (154 x 128.3 cm)
Collection
The American Wing
Culture
American
Credit line
Gift of George A. Hearn, 1906
ART MOVEMENTS
Tonalism
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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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