Dawn—Early Spring
While studying abroad in the 1870s, Tryon came under the early influence of the French Barbizon painters. By the 1890s his allegiances had shifted to the more radical style of the American expatriate James McNeill Whistler, who shaped Tryon’s approach to landscapes that distilled rather than transcribed nature on canvas. As one period critic observed, "Tryon’s pictures are almost, literally speaking, musical in their effect. He composes his pictures as a composer does his score." The intricate frame, which was designed by architect Stanford White, is original to the painting.
Artwork Details
- Title: Dawn—Early Spring
- Artist: Dwight William Tryon (1849–1925)
- Date: 1894
- Culture: American
- Medium: Oil on wood
- Dimensions: 20 3/8 x 36 1/4 in. (51.8 x 92.1 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. George Langdon Jewett, 1917
- Object Number: 17.140.4
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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