Robertson Kirtland Mygatt

He also studied painting in Europe. • Illustration — The gravesite of Robertson Mygatt Mygatt specialized in painting landscapes and much of his works could be categorized as impressionism falling under the 'Tonalist' style. Tonalism emerged in the 1880s, and he was clearly influenced by the trend. Mygatt was also a competent etcher, but his focus throughout his career was most certainly oil painting. He exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, The Art Institute of Chicago, the National Academy of Design, the Society of American Artists and the Salmagundi Club in New York City. One of his works was included in the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition in St. Louis in 1904, for which he was awarded a silver medal. It was not until the mid-1960s that many of them became available for sale for the first time after the last of his direct descendants died. Mygatt resided in Ridgefield, Connecticut, before dying in 1919 at 58 years old in New York City. He is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Westchester County, New York.

• Name — Robertson Kirtland Mygatt • Born — 12 October 1861 • Birthplace — New York, New York • Died — 19 December 1919 • Place of death — New York, New York • Known for — Painting, Etching • Training — Art Students League, New York; Europe • Movement — Tonalism