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for Charles Warren Eaton
American, 1857 - 1937
Eaton sketched the landscape surrounding his native city before moving to New York in 1879 to enroll in the Academy's school, entering the antique class. He also studied at the Art Students League under J. Carroll Beckwith. Until 1886 he worked during the day at H. B. Claffin and Co., using his Sundays off to paint the Staten Island landscape. One of these scenes was supposedly bought by the visiting Oscar Wilde in 1882. Eaton's first trip abroad occurred in 1886; he traveled with his New York studio-mates, Ben Foster and Leonard Ochtman.
By 1887 Eaton was living in Bloomfield, New Jersey,, where he became friends with George Inness and his son. He painted scenes of Maine, Connecticut, and New Jersey, and after the first of many visits to the picturesque Belgian town of Bruges, made in 1892, added views of that town to his repertoire. Later, he developed two further "signature" subjects: New England pine trees, and depictions of Lake Como in Italy. At this time, he was also interested in photography.
Eaton won the Inness Gold Medal in the annual exhibition of 1904. In 1910 he resigned from the Academy, nevertheless he continued to show his work in its exhibitions. His last major commission was a series of views of Glacier National Park executed in 1921 for the Northwestern Railroad Company.
By 1887 Eaton was living in Bloomfield, New Jersey,, where he became friends with George Inness and his son. He painted scenes of Maine, Connecticut, and New Jersey, and after the first of many visits to the picturesque Belgian town of Bruges, made in 1892, added views of that town to his repertoire. Later, he developed two further "signature" subjects: New England pine trees, and depictions of Lake Como in Italy. At this time, he was also interested in photography.
Eaton won the Inness Gold Medal in the annual exhibition of 1904. In 1910 he resigned from the Academy, nevertheless he continued to show his work in its exhibitions. His last major commission was a series of views of Glacier National Park executed in 1921 for the Northwestern Railroad Company.
