Edwin Lord Weeks
(1849–1903) American artist (1849-1903)
Edwin Lord Weeks (USA, 1849–1903) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Edwin Lord Weeks belongs to the chapter ‘Impressionism’ in this site’s history of art.
Edwin Lord Weeks was born in Boston and died in Paris. Edwin Lord Weeks studied under Jean-Léon Gérôme. Wikidata associates Edwin Lord Weeks with Orientalism.
One of the best-known works is ‘Café Persia’. The catalogue has 84 works by Edwin Lord Weeks with free images. The dated works span the years 1878–1903. Works by Edwin Lord Weeks are held by several collections, among them Brooklyn Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Romanticism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Susan Stuart Frackleton, Nikolaus Geiger, Julien Dillens, Carl Fredrik Hill, and Jacob Riis.