The Fishing Village

Chauncey Foster Ryder was a Postimpressionist landscape painter.

Born in Danbury, CT in 1868, Ryder studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, then the Academie Julien in Paris, under the teachings of Jean-Paul Laurens and Raphaël Collin.

Starting in 1903, Ryder was included in a number of exhibitions at the Paris Salon. He returned to the U.S., settling in New York City, in 1907.

In New York, Ryder set up a studio and became involved in a number of art associations, including The National Arts Club. In 1910, one of his paintings was purchased by future president Woodrow Wilson as an anniversary gift for his wife.

Ryder lived until 1949. In addition to The National Arts Club, his work can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, National Portrait Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago, and the Baltimore Museum of Art.