Tyng, Griswold

Griswold Tyng (August 13, 1883 - March 6, 1962) was an American painter and illustrator active in Massachusetts. Tyng was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts to Elizabeth (Walworth) and Stephen H. Tyng. He studied art under Joseph De Camp and Howard Pyle at the Massachusetts Normal Art School (now the Massachusetts College of Art and Design). Tyng worked for many years as an illustrator for the Boston Planning Board. He also produced several pictorial maps and illustrated many books, especially children's books, while also pursuing more 'serious' artistic work, especially landscape paintings. Cartographically he is responsible for at least three maps, a 1928 pictorial map of New England, a 1929 pictorial map of the East Coast of the United States, and a c. 1930 pictorial map of Boston Common. Tyng married Clara Margaret Fuller, known as Margaret, on June 10, 1912, with whom he had two children. Tyng was killed outside his home after being hit by a car while crossing the street after mailing a letter.