Sujet

Portrait of Robert Walter Weir, c1885. Creator: Julian Alden Weir.

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Portrait of Robert Walter Weir, c1885. Born in New York, New York, in 1803. He studied for three years in Florence and Rome, returning to New York in 1827. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Design two years later. He was instructor in drawing at the United States Military Academy from 1834 to 1876 and is best known for his paintings of historical subjects. He died in New York in 1889. Robert W. Weir was J. Alden Weir’s first teacher and continued to give his son advice and encouragement later in life. The son retained a deep admiration for his father and freely acknowledged his debt to him.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

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HRM23B00_063

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Format disponible

56,8Mo (1,6Mo) / 33,9cm x 42,0cm / 4003 x 4960 (300dpi)

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portrait people male job man men head historical family father arts painting country fatherhood parent model art guy occupation museum color scene artist painter depiction location century gallery profession concept exhibition exhibit dad head and shoulders art gallery oil Painting United States of America Colour 19th century nineteenth century culture American history historic America USA Oil on canvas united states Robert Robert Walter Los Angeles County Museum of Art Oil on canvas art centre artist's model artist's family artist's father Painting Heritage Art Robert W. Weir Julian Alden Weir J. Alden Weir Weir Julian Alden Weir J. Alden 19th-century Robert Walter Weir Robert Weir portrait? LACMA Robert W. Weir