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Elihu Vedder
American Symbolist Painter, 1836-1923
American painter, illustrator, sculptor and writer. He studied under Tompkins Harrison Matteson in Shelbourne, NY, and went to Paris in March 1856. After eight months in the studio of Fran?ois-Edouard Picot, he settled in Florence until the end of 1860. There he learnt drawing from Raffaello Bonaiuti, became interested in the Florentine Renaissance and attended the free Accademia Galli. A more significant artistic inspiration came from the Italian artists at the Caff? Michelangiolo: Telemaco Signorini, Vincenzo Cabianca (1827-1902) and especially Nino Costa (1827-1902). This group sought new and untraditional pictorial solutions for their compositions and plein-air landscapes and were particularly interested in the experiences of Gustave Courbet and the Barbizon painters. They became known as Macchiaioli for their use of splashes (macchia) of light and shadows and for their revolutionary (maquis) attitude to prevailing styles. Among Vedder's most notable Florentine landscapes are Mugnone Torrent near Fiesole (Detroit, MI, Inst. A.) and Le Balze, Volterra (Washington, DC, N. Mus. Amer. A.)
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Painting ID:: 61877
The Questioner of the Sphinx
1836. Oil on canvas. 36.25 x 42.25 in. (92 x 107cm). Museum of Fine Ats, Boston.
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Painting ID:: 70545
The Pleiades
Oil on canvas; 24 1/8 x 37 5/8 in.
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Painting ID:: 71300
The Dead Alchemist
ca. 1868(1868)
Oil on panel
36.6 x 51 cm (14.41 x 20.08 in)
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Painting ID:: 71467
Prayer for Death in the Desert
ca. 1867(1867)
Oil on canvas
35.2 x 126 cm (13.86 x 49.61 in)
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Painting ID:: 71620
Wedding Procession
between 1872(1872) and 1875(1875)
Oil on canvas
46 x 149.4 cm (18.11 x 58.82 in)
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Elihu Vedder
American Symbolist Painter, 1836-1923
American painter, illustrator, sculptor and writer. He studied under Tompkins Harrison Matteson in Shelbourne, NY, and went to Paris in March 1856. After eight months in the studio of Fran?ois-Edouard Picot, he settled in Florence until the end of 1860. There he learnt drawing from Raffaello Bonaiuti, became interested in the Florentine Renaissance and attended the free Accademia Galli. A more significant artistic inspiration came from the Italian artists at the Caff? Michelangiolo: Telemaco Signorini, Vincenzo Cabianca (1827-1902) and especially Nino Costa (1827-1902). This group sought new and untraditional pictorial solutions for their compositions and plein-air landscapes and were particularly interested in the experiences of Gustave Courbet and the Barbizon painters. They became known as Macchiaioli for their use of splashes (macchia) of light and shadows and for their revolutionary (maquis) attitude to prevailing styles. Among Vedder's most notable Florentine landscapes are Mugnone Torrent near Fiesole (Detroit, MI, Inst. A.) and Le Balze, Volterra (Washington, DC, N. Mus. Amer. A.)
. Related Artists to Elihu Vedder: | John Giles Eccardt | OUDRY, Jean-Baptiste | Lycett, Joseph | Thomas Robertson | Pantaleon Szyndler |
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