J. Alden Weir
(1852–1919) amerikansk konstnär
J. Alden Weir (USA, 1852–1919) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, J. Alden Weir belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.
J. Alden Weir was born in West Point and died in New York City. J. Alden Weir trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris. J. Alden Weir studied under Jean-Léon Gérôme. Wikidata associates J. Alden Weir with Pont-Aven School. J. Alden Weir became a member of Ten American Painters and American Academy of Arts and Letters.
One of the best-known works is ‘Porträt einer jungen Frau’. The catalogue has 73 works by J. Alden Weir with free images. The dated works span the years 1500–1918. Works by J. Alden Weir are held by several collections, among them Phillips Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Prints in the National Gallery of Art, and Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wikidata links 2 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Impressionism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Edward Onslow Ford, Petar Ubavkić, James Carroll Beckwith, Tadeusz Dowgird, and Walter William Winans.