Artist

Thomas Dewing

Portrait of Thomas Dewing
Portrait of Thomas Dewing

American, 1851–1938

Thomas Dewing was an American American Impressionism painter. 17 works are cataloged here, principally at National Gallery of Art, most of them oil paintings. Thomas Dewing was born in Boston.

Thomas Wilmer Dewing (May 4, 1851 – November 5, 1938) was an American painter working at the turn of the 20th century. Schooled in Paris, Dewing was noted for his figure paintings of aristocratic women. He was a founding member of the Ten American Painters and taught at the Art Students League of New York.

The Freer Gallery of Art at the Smithsonian Institution has a collection of his works. He was the husband of fellow artist Maria Oakey Dewing.

Works by Thomas Dewing

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