Chauncey Foster Ryder (29 February 1868 – 18 May 1949)listing @ Ancestry.com
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Education and personal life

Ryder was born in 1868 in Danbury, Connecticut, but grew up mainly in New Haven. He began studying painting as a boy. In his early twenties, he moved to Chicago to attend the Art Institute, then Smith's Academy. After only a year at the latter, he was hired as an instructor. In 1891, he married Mary Dole Keith. In 1901, they moved to Paris, France, where Ryder continued his art education, studying with

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at the Académie Julian. Ryder stayed in France for several years, living in an art colony at

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and exhibiting his work at the Paris Salon (1903–1909). He took on occasional students, including American painter William Posey Silva. His developing style was influenced by the dramatic compositions of his friend, painter Max Bohm, and by his admiration for the Japanese artist Hokusai.

Career

'Shepherds with Sheep' by Chauncey Foster Ryder

In 1907, Ryder moved to New York City, where he was represented for the rest of his career by art dealer William Macbeth. His landscapes were admired for their vigorous brushwork, and the degree to which he pushed representational elements towards abstraction. He became known for a palette of predominantly gray-green tones, eventually known as 'Ryder green'. Ryder created many works in oil and watercolor. Around 1910 he began making prints, including

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, and

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s. His best drypoints exhibit great economy of line. He opened a studio in the city in 1909, and the following year bought property in Wilton, New Hampshire. For the remainder of his life, he divided his time between New York and New Hampshire. In 1910, he traveled throughout New England, providing locales for many of his subsequent paintings. That year, future president

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and his wife Ellen bought one of his landscapes, ''Valley of Assisi'', to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. Ryder was a member of several art associations, including the American Water Color Society and the Society for Sanity in Art. Among his awards were the Paris Salon (honorable mention, 1907), the

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(gold medal), the National Arts Club (gold medal), and the New York Water Color Society (gold medal). He also received awards at the 1915

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and the 1937 Paris International Exposition. Gateway to North Carolina by Chauncey Ryder

Ryder died in Wilton in 1949. His work is in the collections of numerous American museums, including the

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(New York), the

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and the National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C.), the Art Institute of Chicago (Illinois), and the

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(Maryland).

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