Description:
shore scene with city in the background, a sailing ship in the water at left, other boats and sail craft moored at the dock, figure at center foreground possibly preparing nets, and smaller working figures both on the docked craft and in mid right; city; water; watercraft; people; work
Label Text:
Dwight William Tryon was influenced by the French Barbizon School of landscapes, with a focus on the picturesque, peaceful, and idyllic nature of the countryside. Tryon became renowned for painting peaceful American landscapes with the same haziness associated with the Barbizon artists. In his pictures, Tryon depicted fog or haze over his landscape, such as one may find on a cool spring morning in New England. Tryon’s visit to Venice provided ample scenery that complemented his painting style well, and wrote on one of his drawings in the Smith collection that the city "seems to float in this warm haze and takes delicate golden and pink tints with shadows of blue grey scarcely darker than sky." This description of Venice is easily visible in this painting as well, where Tryon shows a view across the Venetian Grand Canal.
Tryon was a major influence in the development of the Smith College Museum of Art as a professor, advisor and benefactor from 1886 - 1923. His gift of a museum building in his name led to the expansion of SCMA as it is known today.
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