April Morning

Object Details

• Artist

  Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925)

• Description

  A row of trees beyond a rough field foreground; the sky at sunrise. Signature in lower left corner.

• Signatures

  Signature--D.W. Tryon, 1908, in lower left corner.

• Provenance

  From 1908 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the artist, Dwight William Tryon in 1908 [1]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See American Paintings List, A, pg. 3, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Curatorial Remark 7, Linda Merrill, May 1989, in the object record: "Research revealed that this painting was purchased from Tryon on 19 March."

  [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

  Winter into Spring: American Landscapes (March 4, 1982 to June 1, 1982)

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

  American Paintings (May 31, 1979 to June 17, 1980)

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

  Inaugural Exhibition, Minneapolis Institute of Arts (January 7 to February 7, 1915)

  Untitled Exhibition of Paintings by T.W. Dewing and D.W. Tryon (February 18 to February 29, 1908)

• 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

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1900s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Tryon, Dwight William

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Landscapes, Art, American Art, Morning, Spring

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Paintings