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Edwin Lord Weeks
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| American Academic Painter, 1849-1903, American artist, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, in 1849. He was a pupil of Leon Bonnat and of Jean-Leon Gerome, at Paris. He made many voyages to the East, and was distinguished as a painter of oriental scenes. In 1895 he wrote and illustrated a book of travels, From the Black Sea through Persia and India, and two years later he published Episodes of Mountaineering. He died in November 1903. He was a member of the Legion d'honneur, France, an officer of the Order of St. Michael, Germany, and a member of the Secession, Munich. | ||||
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Study of a Moor in Blue new23/Edwin Lord Weeks-473659.jpg Painting ID:: 70972 Visit European Gallery |
ca. 1878(1878) Oil on canvas board 49.6 x 32.1 cm (19.53 x 12.64 in) | ||
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