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1841 Gardiner, Maine - 1914 Wollaston, Massachusetts. Known for: Marine, landscape, historical genre painting.
Wesley Elbridge Webber. Marine, landscape and historical painter, Wesley Elbridge Webber was born in Gardiner, Maine, in 1841. Considered self-taught, Webber began his career after a move to Boston,... Read full biography
Wesley Elbridge Webber. Marine, landscape and historical painter, Wesley Elbridge Webber was born in Gardiner, Maine, in 1841. Considered self-taught, Webber began his career after a move to Boston, Massachusetts, where he apprenticed himself to J. C. Roberts, a successful sign and carriage painter... Read full biography
Wesley Elbridge Webber. Marine, landscape and historical painter, Wesley Elbridge Webber was born in Gardiner, Maine, in 1841. Considered self-taught, Webber began his career after a move to Boston, Massachusetts, where he apprenticed himself to J. C. Roberts, a successful sign and carriage painter from 1858 to 1861. He then opened and maintained his own fine art studio in Boston, with annual painting excursions to the Conway area of New Hampshire until a move to New York City in 1892. His... Read full biography
Wesley Elbridge Webber. Marine, landscape and historical painter, Wesley Elbridge Webber was born in Gardiner, Maine, in 1841. Considered self-taught, Webber began his career after a move to Boston, Massachusetts, where he apprenticed himself to J. C. Roberts, a successful sign and carriage painter from 1858 to 1861. He then opened and maintained his own fine art studio in Boston, with annual painting excursions to the Conway area of New Hampshire until a move to New York City in 1892. His Conway excursions brought him into a close circle of artists, including J. J. Enneking and Frank Shapleigh, who helped Webber shape a personal style of a sophisticated realism as the group explored the lush, mountainous hills and valleys of this scenic... Read full biography
Wesley Elbridge Webber. Marine, landscape and historical painter, Wesley Elbridge Webber was born in Gardiner, Maine, in 1841. Considered self-taught, Webber began his career after a move to Boston, Massachusetts, where he apprenticed himself to J. C. Roberts, a successful sign and carriage painter from 1858 to 1861. He then opened and maintained his own fine art studio in Boston, with annual painting excursions to the Conway area of New Hampshire until a move to New York City in 1892. His Conway excursions brought him into a close circle of artists, including J. J. Enneking and Frank Shapleigh, who helped Webber shape a personal style of a sophisticated realism as the group explored the lush, mountainous hills and valleys of this scenic part of New Hampshire. During this period Webber exhibited widely with exhibitions at the Boston Art Club, the National Academy of Design, the... Read full biography
Wesley Elbridge Webber - Artist Info
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Keywords (50)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Barnyard Fowl, Chickens, Poultry, Roosters
- •Beach Scenes, Bathers, Swimming Genre
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape with Cattle, Sheep or Other Farm Animals
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •National Parks and/or State Parks
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Outdoor Sporting Scenes, Field and Stream, Hunting
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Self-Portrait
- •Still Life
- •Street Scenes, Street Genre
- •Underwater, Marine Imagery, Fish, Aquatic Life
- •War Scenes, Military Genre, Figure, Portrait, Battles
- •Waterfowl
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Boston Before 1900
- •Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- •Nantucket Island, Massachusetts
- •Provincetown, Massachusetts
- •Virginia Before 1900
- •White Mountains, New Hampshire
- •Yosemite National Park
Art Association
- •Boston Art Club
- •Brooklyn Art Association
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Wellesley Collection, Massachusetts
Added Description
- •Civil War Artist and/or Photographer
- •Genre Specialty
- •Marine Before 1900
- •Miniature Specialty
- •War Artist
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •Brooklyn Art Association-
- •National Academy of Design, New York