Early Life and Education Born: April 22, 1864, Bristol, Rhode Island Parents: John Willis Dearth and Ruth Marshall Dearth Family moved to Waterbury, Connecticut at age 15. Early artistic training with portrait painter Horace Johnson. Studied in Paris at the École des Beaux Arts under Ernest Hébert and Aimé Morot. Artistic Career: Tonalism and Barbizon Influence Established himself in New York after returning from Paris in 1888. Exhibited with the Society of American Artists in 1889. Awarded the Webb prize in 1893. Early works (1890s-early 1900s) characterized by tonalism…