Artist
Centurion, 1873–1892
Born 11 January 1836 in Port Washington, Ohio
Died 29 November 1892 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Oakland Cemetery
, Yonkers, New York
Proposed by John L. Fitch and Sanford R. Gifford
Elected 6 December 1873 at age thirty-seven
Century Memorial
Alexander H. Wyant was an artist of acknowledged merit, whose work has always placed him in the highest rank. He studied in Düsseldorf. Although residing in America, he frequently went abroad for subjects; but he will be remembered as a painter of American scenery, which he loved, and which he portrayed with a singularly subtle and poetic brush. He was an Academician of the National Academy of Design, a member of the Society of American Artists, and was one of the founders of the American Water Color Society. His paintings were distinguished for delicacy and refinement in color, breadth of handling, and were pervaded with a truth to nature, which brought him the highest honor and praise from his brother artists and from connoisseurs.
Henry E. Howland
1893 Century Association Yearbook