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Robert Walter Weir
Jun 18.1803-May 1.1889, Painter and teacher. By his own account he was self-taught, with the exception of a few lessons from an unknown heraldic painter named Robert Cooke. However, after exhibiting a few works that were praised by the local press, he was sent to Italy by a group of New York and Philadelphia businessmen for further studies. There he trained with Florentine history painter Pietro Benvenuti. After three years in Europe (1824-7), he returned to New York, where he quickly became a mainstay of the artistic community. In 1831 he was elected to membership in the National Academy of Design in New York, and three years later he was made instructor of drawing at the US Military Academy in West Point, New York, a post he held for the next 42 years.
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Painting ID:: 39070
Embarkation of the Pilgrims
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1857
Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 71515
Embarkation of the Pilgrims
ca. 1857(1857)
Oil on canvas
122.2 x 183.5 cm (48.11 x 72.24 in)
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Painting ID:: 72703
Embarkation of the Pilgrims
Date ca. 1857(1857)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 122.2 X 183.5 cm (48.11 X 72.24 in)
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Robert Walter Weir
Jun 18.1803-May 1.1889, Painter and teacher. By his own account he was self-taught, with the exception of a few lessons from an unknown heraldic painter named Robert Cooke. However, after exhibiting a few works that were praised by the local press, he was sent to Italy by a group of New York and Philadelphia businessmen for further studies. There he trained with Florentine history painter Pietro Benvenuti. After three years in Europe (1824-7), he returned to New York, where he quickly became a mainstay of the artistic community. In 1831 he was elected to membership in the National Academy of Design in New York, and three years later he was made instructor of drawing at the US Military Academy in West Point, New York, a post he held for the next 42 years.
. Related Artists to Robert Walter Weir: | Peter von Hess | Merse, Pal Szinyei | Giovanni Cariani | Lambert, George | Antonio Canova |
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