American painter and lithographer a painter of portraits, lanscapes and urban life. He studied under Robert Henri (1865-1929). His work provided a comment on contemporary U.S. life, from which he drew his subjects with uncompromising realism. His series of 6 prize-fighting paintings (1909) demonstrates his natural dashing style, which later subjected to the theory of dynamic symmetry to give a formal balance to his compositions.

He turned with great success to lithography. He was the son of George Bellows, an architect and building contractor. He displayed a talent for drawing and for athletics at an early age. In 1901 he entered Ohio State University, where he contributed drawings to the school yearbook and played on both the basketball and baseball teams. In spring of his third year he withdrew from university to play semi-professional baseball until the end of summer 1904; this, and the sale of several of his drawings, earned him sufficient money to leave Columbus in September to pursue his career as an artist.

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A major figure in the American Tonalist movement, Charles Warren Eaton painted evocative landscapes in New Jersey, New England, and Europe. Guided by his desire to convey the underlying moods of nature, he eschewed grandiose vistas in favor of quieter, more intimate views, which he depicted at dawn or dusk.

Born in Albany, New York, Eaton stud-ied at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League in New York. A trip to Europe in 1886 provided him with the opportunity to study contemporary art. However, the most important influence on his aesthetic was George Inness a painter of poetic land-scapes in the Barbizon mode, whom he met in 1889. Eaton established a summer residence in Bloomfield, New Jersey, in 1887 and spent the next decade depicting the local country-side during the late autumn and winter.

After 1900, he made seasonal visits to Thompson and Colebrook, Connecticut, where he developed his signature themea grove of pine trees silhouetted against sunset or moonlit skies. Eaton was also active in Belgium, Italy, and Glacier Park, Montana.

Biography courtesy of Roughton Galleries, www.antiquesandfineart.com/roughton