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Julian Alden Weir
American artist
born 1852 - died 1919
Student of:
Jean-Léon Gérôme
(1824-1904).
Son of: Robert Walter Weir
(1803-1889).
Julian Alden Weir, a leading American impressionist, was born in West
Point, New York. He was the son of Robert Weir, a drawing instructor at
the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and half-brother of John Weir,
first director of the art program at Yale University. He took art
classes at the National Academy of Design before traveling to Paris in
1873 to study under the noted French Academician
Jean-Léon Gérôme and later at the École des Beaux-Arts.
Five years after his death in 1919, a memorial exhibition of his work
was held at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
View artworks’ titles of oil painting old master Weir Julian Alden USA
1852-1919
1 Roses in a Silver Bowl on a Mahogany Table
1 Silver Chalice with Roses
2 Autumn Rain Favoritearts.info
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