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

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