Wyatt Eaton

Wyatt Eaton, baptised Charles Wyatt Eaton, (May 6, 1849 – June 7, 1896) was a Canadian/American portrait and figure painter, remembered as one of the founders of the Society of American Artists.

Wyatt Eaton
Self portrait of Wyatt Eaton
Born
Charles Wyatt Eaton

(1849-05-06)May 6, 1849
Philipsburg, Quebec, Lower Canada
DiedJune 7, 1896(1896-06-07) (aged 47)
Newport, Rhode Island
NationalityCanadian
EducationNational Academy of Design, New York City
Known forPainting

Biography

Born in Philipsburg, Quebec, Lower Canada, Eaton was a student of the National Academy of Design, New York. In 1872, he moved to Paris and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under Jean-Léon Gérôme.[1] During this time, he made the acquaintance of Jean-François Millet at Barbizon, and was also influenced by his friend Jules Bastien-Lepage.[2]

After his return to the United States in 1877, he became a teacher in the Cooper Institute, and opened a studio in New York City. He became one of the founders of the Society of American Artists, in which he was the first secretary.[2] Eaton died from tuberculosis at Newport, Rhode Island on June 7, 1896.[3]

Works

Portraits of Wyatt Eaton

Notes
  1. Wilson & Fiske 1900.
  2. Chisholm 1911.
  3. Dictionary of Canadian Biography online

References
  • Sherman, Frederic Fairchild, American Painters of Yesterday and Today, 1919, Priv. print in New York. Chapter: Figure Pictures by Wyatt Eaton: online

Attribution:

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Eaton, Wyatt". Encyclopædia Britannica. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 839.
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