Chauncey Foster Ryder

Chauncey Foster Ryder (29 February 1868 – 18 May 1949)[1] was an early 20th century American Postimpressionist landscape painter known for a green-gray palette termed 'Ryder green'.

[5] In 1901, they moved to Paris, France, where Ryder continued his art education, studying with Jean-Paul Laurens at the Académie Julian.

Ryder stayed in France for several years, living in an art colony at Étaples and exhibiting his work at the Paris Salon (1903–1909).

[5] His developing style was influenced by the dramatic compositions of his friend, painter Max Bohm,[3] and by his admiration for the Japanese artist Hokusai.

That year, future president Woodrow Wilson and his wife Ellen bought one of his landscapes, Valley of Assisi, to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary.