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J Alden Weir

J. Alden Weir (1852 - 1919) was active/lived in New York, Connecticut.  J Weir is known for Impressionist landscape, portrait, and still life painting.

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The youngest of sixteen children of Robert W. Weir, artist and art instructor at West Point Military Academy, J. Alden Weir became one of the leading early American Impressionists. However, his art education began with training in the traditional basic styles and methods from his father. Throughout his career subject matter included landscape, still lifes, and portraits. Although his landscapes increasingly reflected his adoption of Impressionism, his portraits and still lifes remained more realistic and conservative.

Weir also completed murals including ones in the Liberal Arts Building of the 1893 Chicago Exposition. They received much acclaim, but mural painting was not a specialty for him.

At 18, he enrolled at the National Academy School in New York. From 1873 to 1877, he studied in Europe, part of the time in Paris with Jean Leon Gerome at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. From Gerome, he learned much about classical figure painting and the modeling of forms. Weir also ha   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 12486 characters.]  Artist bio

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS , 1913

J Alden Weir

Lot 78
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Nassau, Bahamas

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Lot 202
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River Scene Near Norwich, Connecticut

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The Two Sisters , 1890

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Lot 90
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The Farmers Lawn

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Lot 157
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Little Lizzie Lynch , 1910

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