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Wyatt Eaton
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or WYATT EATON (1849-1896), American portrait and figure painter, was born at Philipsburg, Canada, on the 6th of May 1849.
He was a pupil of the schools of the National Academy of Design, New York, and in 1872 went to Paris, where he studied in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under J. L. Gerome. He made the acquaintance of J. F. Millet at Barbizon, and was also influenced by his friend Jules Bastien-Lepage. After his return to the United States in 1876 he became a teacher in Cooper Institute and opened a studio in New York city. He was one of the organizers (and the first secretary) of the Society of American Artists. Among his portraits are those of William Cullen Bryant and Timothy Cole, the wood engraver ("The Man with the Violin"). Eaton died at Newport, Rhode Island, on the 7th of June 1896.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Wyatt Eaton'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/w/wyatt-eaton.html. 1910.
