Thomas Wilmer Dewing (May 4, 1851 – November 5, 1938) was an American painter working at the turn of the 20th century. Schooled in Paris, Dewing was noted for his figure paintings of aristocratic women. He was a founding member of the Ten American Painters and taught at the Art Students League of New York.
Thomas Dewing is most popular for his tonalist compositions, a sort of American art that was rooted in English Aestheticism. Dewing's favoured vehicle of creative articulation is the refined, blue-blooded female figure arranged in an irritable and illusory encompassing. Frequently situated playing instruments, composing letters, or basically speaking with each other, Dewing's delicately depicted figures have a separation from the watcher that keeps the observer a remote observer to the scene as opposed to a member.