The Art Of Dwight W. Tryon - An Appreciation

The End of Day very notable quality of inevitableness characterises A theart of Dwight W.Tryan. His art has developed so IogicaIly from within himself, and, moreover, in so close relation to the outside causes and effects which have determined the development of modern landscape, that he is more than a singularly individual personality. His art is also highly representative of the modern spirit the ripest harvest, in fact, of forces that have been gradually maturing during the Iate century. For from the vantage point of today, looking over the space of nearly a hundred years since the beginning of the Barbizon movement, one can discover a complete chain of cause,and effect that was bound to culminate sooner or later in such a kind and quality of Iandscape as this of Tryons. That the conclusion should have been reached in his case is because the premise of his own temperament that he has so logically followed, happened to be in direct accord with the premise of his age. He has, indeed,...