Bryant was born in
Melrose, Massachusetts to Dexter and Dorcas (Hancock) Bryant. He was the second of seven children. He attended the
Massachusetts College of Art and Design (then known as the Massachusetts Normal Art School), graduating in 1884. He also studied at the
Académie Julian under
Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant,
Paul Albert Laurens, Albert Francois Fleury, and
William-Adolphe Bouguereau. He married
Nanna Matthews Bryant (née Nanna Bolton Matthews) a fellow artist whom he likely met at the Académie Julian, in 1898. They had adjacent studios at the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in the 1890s. The two divorced around 1919; Bryant moved to
Washington, D.C. from
Boston around that time. Bryant's second wife was Marjorie Millard Rice (Bryant); they met in New Hampshire and married in 1923 before moving to
Rockport, Massachusetts. They had two children, Edward W.M. Bryant and Richard Hancock Bryant. Bryant's younger brother,
George Bryant, was also on the Boston Archery Club team that earned bronze in the team competition. Before the Games, Wallace was a more accomplished archer than his brother; Wallace had won a national championship in 1903. Wallace was also the first president of the Boston Archery Club, created in 1904. George won both individual events at the Olympics, however, and earned four national titles afterwards. ==References==