The Rising Moon: Autumn

Object Details

• Artist

  Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925)

• Label

  In the late 1880s, Tryon painted a number of New England haystack scenes lit by a harvest moon. The romantic subject was popular with American collectors who favored French landscapes in the style of the Barbizon School, and The Rising Moon: Autumn became one of Tryon's most famous paintings. It had just been completed when Freer paid an unannounced call at Tryon's studio and bought the painting straight off the easel. The Rising Moon is the first of the American paintings Freer acquired that he kept for the collection.

• Provenance

  From 1889 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the artist, Dwight William Tryon in May 1889 [1]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Accession List, Collections Management office. This object was originally given the registration number F1906.75; the registration number was later changed, and the current number given to correspond with the correct date of purchase. See also, Curatorial Remarks 2, G.D. Guest, 1930, in the object record, as well as Curatorial Remark 6, Linda Merrill, May 1989, in the object record.

  [2] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  American Art - Dwight William Tryon (May 9, 1993 to February 20, 1996)

  American Paintings (December 27, 1984 to January 18, 1985)

  American Paintings (September 10, 1981 to March 12, 1984)

  American Paintings (October 14, 1978 to March 18, 1981)

  American Paintings (November 11, 1976 to October 12, 1978)

  American Paintings (July 1, 1974 to December 5, 1975)

  American Paintings (September 8, 1961 to May 2, 1973)

  Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, 1958 (June 29, 1958 to October 27, 1959)

  Exhibition of Paintings by D.W. Tryon (February 1 to 22, 1900)

  First Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Art Galleries (November 5, 1896 to January 1, 1897)

  Munich International Art Exposition (1892)

  Untitled Exhibition, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1890 (1890)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1880s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Tryon, Dwight William

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Landscapes, Art, Autumn, Night, Moon, American Art, Outer space, Nocturne

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Paintings