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40THELEGACYoFDWIGHTTRYoNANDCHARLESFREERadditinalartwrkstsupprtartinstructinatSmithCllege.BasednFreersspecicwishhisexecutrsprvidedadditinalexamplesEastAsianpaintingsin1919and1920alngwithverahundredetchingslithgraphsandengravingsbyFrenchandAmericanmasters.36TheMuseuminturnrganizedanexhibitininFreersmemryOrientalPaintingsandLacquersfromthePermanentCollectionoftheCollegeBronzesandPotteryLentbyT.OnoNvember26December191919.GarrettC.Pier18751943aschlarorientalartandriendFreerwasinvitedteranexhibitinlecturenChineseinfuencenthepaintingandsculptureJapan.AterthearrivalthenalbjectsrmFreersbequesttheywereallexhibitedinthegalleryinMay1920.37IFreersughttdnateandexhibithiscllectinasawaynurturingpublicappreciatinrAsianartTrynpassinatelyusedhisartandknwledgetteachstudentsinmuseumsandstudis.AsAlredChurchillrecalledTrynwuldleavehisstudiwrkinNewYrkandcmetNrthamptneverytwrthreeweeksduringthesemester.HistrainnrmallyarrivedThursdayaternnandhethenreadintheFrbesLibrarythatnight.HisstudiclassesnFridaymrningtenhadmrethansixtystudents.DuringhisstayncampusTrynlvedcntactwithyungmindsandwasalwaysreadytprvideinspiratin.HetenspkewithenthusiasmhiswnteachertheFrenchBarbiznpainterCharlesFranisDaubigny18171878andhisriendWhistlerwhmhecnsiderednethegreatartistshistime.ItisntsurprisingthatTrynalsspkeabutFreernethegreatcnnisseursAmericanandAsianart.38InadditinthisteachingdutiesTrynwasalwaysinterestedinprmtingtheMuseumasameanssteringandsupprtingeducatininthearts.HentnlyemplyedhiswncnnisseurshipskillandexquisitetastetmakesuggestinsnacquisitinsbutalsusedhisreputatinandpersnalcnnectinstencurageartiststgivetheirwrkstSmith.TryncntinuedtgivehiswnwrksduringhistenureatSmithincludingRiverMaasatDordrecht1881andOctoberFields1914whichrepresentedhisearlyandlatelandscapestylesrespectively.39FllwinghisguidancetheMuseumassembledalargenumberexceptinalwrksthatdemnstratedthedevelpmentandachievementsAmericanartinthelatenineteenthandearlytwentiethcenturies.LikehisriendCharlesFreerTrynbelievedthataccesstandknwledgennWesternartwuldsteramregeneralappreciatinuniversalprinciples