Troyon

American  

[trwa-yawn] / trwaˈyɔ̃ /

noun

1. Constant 1813–65, French painter.

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Example Sentences

At the village of Troyon a captain and two subalterns and 160 men of the Northamptons had entrenched themselves by the roadside some distance ahead of the main body.

From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Hamilton, Ernest W.

What did Troyon do when he was old enough?

From Stories Pictures Tell Book Two by Carpenter, Flora L.

While Ruisdael was the principal example for Rousseau and Diaz, it was to Cuyp, the Dutch cattle painter, that Troyon went for inspiration.

From Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts by Breck, Joseph

Constant Troyon, the man who painted this picture, delighted in painting groups of animals coming toward us.

From Stories Pictures Tell Book Two by Carpenter, Flora L.

Here matters were neither so eventful nor so decisive as on the Troyon ridge.

From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Hamilton, Ernest W.