Albert Pinkham Ryder was an American painter best known for his poetic and moody allegorical works and seascapes, as well as his eccentric personality. While his art shared an emphasis on subtle varia
Ryder in 1905, photo by Alice Boughton
The Spirit of Autumn (c. 1875) Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio.
The Grazing Horse (1872 to 1878) oil on canvas, 10 x 14 in. Brooklyn Museum
Summers Fruitful Pastures (mid 1870s) oil on wood, 7.75 x 10 in. Brooklyn Museum
Tonalism was an artistic style that emerged in the 1880s.The movement was eventually eclipsed by Impressionism and European modernism.
James McNeill Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket, c. 1875; oil on panel; 60.3 × 46.4 cm
Albert Pinkham Ryder, Siegfried and the Rhine Maidens (1888 - 1891), National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
George Inness, Summer Landscape, 1894
John H. Twachtman, The White Bridge, c. 1895, Minneapolis Institute of Arts