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Tryon, Dwight William

artist, educator, was born Aug. 13, 1849, in Hartford, Conn. At the salon of 1881 he exhibited Harvest Time in Normandy; and On the Maas. Among his other works are A New England Village; A November Day; Evening in Autumn; Evening in a New England Village; Starlight; and Night. He awarded gold medals at the American Art association for his was Daybreak in 1886, and Moonlight in 1887.

He has been professor of art at Smith college, and director of the Hartford school of Arts since 1885.

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