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WYATT EATON (1849-1896)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 839 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WYATT See also:EATON (1849-1896)  , See also:American portrait and figure painter, was See also:born at Philipsburg, See also:Canada, on the 6th of May 1849 . He was a See also:pupil of the See also:schools of the See also:National See also:Academy of See also:Design, New See also:York, and in 1872 went to See also:Paris, where he studied in the Ecole See also:des See also:Beaux-Arts under J . L . Ger6me . He made the acquaintance of J . F . See also:Millet at See also:Barbizon, and was also influenced by his friend Jules Bastien-Lepage . After his return to the See also:United States in 1876 he became a teacher in See also:Cooper See also:Institute and opened a studio in New York See also:city . He was one of the organizers (and the first secretary) of the Society of American Artists . Among his portraits are those of See also:William See also:Cullen See also:Bryant and See also:Timothy See also:Cole, the See also:wood engraver (" The See also:Man with the See also:Violin ") . See also:Eaton died at See also:Newport, Rhode See also:Island, on the 7th of See also:June 1896 .

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