American
A native of Boston, Thomas Dewing began his formal training in 1876 at the Académie Julian in Paris. Upon his return to the United States, Dewing almost immediately settled in New York. The influence of the English Pre-Raphaelite painters and the work of James Abbott McNeill Whistler can be seen in his depictions of softly dissolving female figures in idealized classical dress. Dewing embraced an Aesthetic philosophy of color and form, prioritizing visual effects above subject matter.
Born
1851
Died
1938