Reverie, The Man with A Violin, Harvesters at Rest
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.
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. During this time, he made the acquaintance of Jean-François Millet at Barbizon, and was also influenced by his friend Jules Bastien-Lepage.
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. Eaton died from tuberculosis at Newport, Rhode Island on June 7, 1896.
Works
1868 - Study of a Classical Bust, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Canada
1869 - "Study after the Antique", c. 1869, oil on paper, National Gallery of Canada
1870 - Ann Letta Stanton Baker, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Canada
1870 - Arthur Henry Gilmour, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Canada
1870 - Farmer's Boy
1870 - John Baker, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Canada
1870 - John Carpenter Baker, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Canada
1870 - Mary Jane Baker Gilmour, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Canada
1873 - Landscape Sketch, oil on canvas, mounted on cardboard National Gallery of Canada
1873 - Monsieur Coclèze, c. 1873, National Gallery of Canada
1873 - Portrait of a Man, National Gallery of Canada
1875 - Reverie, view
1876 - Harvesters at Rest
1877 - Haystacks at Barbizon, etching in brown on cream laid paper, National Gallery of Canada
1877 - Laure, etching on cream wove paper,National Gallery of Canada
1877 - Trees in the Forest of Fontainebleau, etching in brown on cream laid paper,National Gallery of Canada
