Waters Dewees Wood

Biography

Waters Dewees Wood spent his life immersed in the visual arts, translating the rolling hills and urban life of western Pennsylvania into compositions that carried both fidelity and feeling. Throughout the second half of the 19th century he nurtured a calm eye for landscape and portrait, contributing to the region’s cultural pulse and encouraging other artists with his quiet dedication.

His steady presence in the Allegheny community saw him celebrate the area’s beauty and history, and when he passed in 1899 his family and friends placed him to rest in Allegheny Cemetery, where his work continues to remind visitors of an era of earnest craftsmanship.