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1837 Muhlen-am-Neckar, Germany - 1914 Washington, D.C.. Known for: Landscape, and some still life painting.
Max Weyl was born in Muhlen-am-Neckar, Germany and came to Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 1853 before moving to Washington in 1861. Please note: the above correction to Weyl's biography was submitted... Read full biography
Max Weyl was born in Muhlen-am-Neckar, Germany and came to Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 1853 before moving to Washington in 1861. Please note: the above correction to Weyl's biography was submitted by his great-grandson Christopher Wolf, March 2006. The story of Max Weyl's life includes his... Read full biography
Max Weyl was born in Muhlen-am-Neckar, Germany and came to Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 1853 before moving to Washington in 1861. Please note: the above correction to Weyl's biography was submitted by his great-grandson Christopher Wolf, March 2006. The story of Max Weyl's life includes his evolution from a watchmaker too shy to hang his paintings in his own shop window, to finally doing so, and having a major collector see the work and buy it, thus launching the artist in Washington, D.C.... Read full biography
Max Weyl was born in Muhlen-am-Neckar, Germany and came to Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 1853 before moving to Washington in 1861. Please note: the above correction to Weyl's biography was submitted by his great-grandson Christopher Wolf, March 2006. The story of Max Weyl's life includes his evolution from a watchmaker too shy to hang his paintings in his own shop window, to finally doing so, and having a major collector see the work and buy it, thus launching the artist in Washington, D.C. But, in the end, Weyl would begin to copy his own, too successful landscapes. Essentially self-taught, Weyl would draw on three major influences in his art, from Hudson River School through Barbizon School to the American painter George Inness. Born... Read full biography
Max Weyl was born in Muhlen-am-Neckar, Germany and came to Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 1853 before moving to Washington in 1861. Please note: the above correction to Weyl's biography was submitted by his great-grandson Christopher Wolf, March 2006. The story of Max Weyl's life includes his evolution from a watchmaker too shy to hang his paintings in his own shop window, to finally doing so, and having a major collector see the work and buy it, thus launching the artist in Washington, D.C. But, in the end, Weyl would begin to copy his own, too successful landscapes. Essentially self-taught, Weyl would draw on three major influences in his art, from Hudson River School through Barbizon School to the American painter George Inness. Born near Wurttemberg, Germany in Muhlen-am-Neckar in 1837, Weyl was a watchmaker's apprentice there, eventuall... Read full biography
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About Max Weyl: Keywords
Keywords (36)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
- •Barbizon School of Painting
- •Hudson River School
- •Tonalist, Tonalism
Art Subject
- •Barnyard Fowl, Chickens, Poultry, Roosters
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Landscape with Cattle, Sheep or Other Farm Animals
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Still Life
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
- •Waterfowl
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Adirondack Mountains
- •Italy Before World War I
- •Venice, Italy
- •Virginia Before 1900
- •Washington DC Before 1900
Art Association
- •Brooklyn Art Association
- •Washington DC Watercolor Society/Association
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Haussner Collection, Baltimore
Added Description
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •Brooklyn Art Association-
- •Lotos Club
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Society of Washington Artists, DC
Exhibition of Museum
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts