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Edwin Lord Weeks
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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Painting ID:: 61910
Interior of the Mosque of Cordoba.
ca. 1880. Oil on canvas. 56 x 72.6 in. (184.5 x 182,9 cm. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD.
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Painting ID:: 61916
The Last Voyage-A Souvenir of the Ganges, Benares.
Oil on canvas. 72.5 x 110.75 in. (183.5 x 283.1 cm). Courtesy Sotheby's
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Painting ID:: 61920
The Vase Seller
Oil on canvas. 25.5 x 21.5 in. (64.7 x 54.6 cm). Courtesy Vance Jordan Fine Art, Inc., NY.
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Painting ID:: 61954
A Market in Isphahan
1885. Oil on canvas. 18.75 x 22.5 in. (47 .6 x 57 cm). Courtesy Vance Jordan Fine Art Inc., NY.
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Painting ID:: 61960
The Temple and Tank of Walkeshwar at Bombay
ca. 1884. Oil on canvas. 64.25 x 45 in. (163.2 x 114.3 cm). Courtesy Vance Jordan Fine Art Inc., NY.
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Edwin Lord Weeks
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.
. Related Artists to Edwin Lord Weeks: | Eugene Joors | Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot | John Jackson | Jean-Franc Millet | Jan van den Hecke |
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