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1849 Boston, Massachusettes - 1903 Paris, France. Known for: Genre-exotic views and architectural paintings-Orientalist.
Edwin Lord Weeks was born near Boston and educated in Boston and Newton public schools, although he spent very of his adult life outside the United States. His artistic career began in 1869 with a... Read full biography
Edwin Lord Weeks was born near Boston and educated in Boston and Newton public schools, although he spent very of his adult life outside the United States. His artistic career began in 1869 with a sketching trip to Florida, then on to Surinam and other destinations in South America. Returning to... Read full biography
Edwin Lord Weeks was born near Boston and educated in Boston and Newton public schools, although he spent very of his adult life outside the United States. His artistic career began in 1869 with a sketching trip to Florida, then on to Surinam and other destinations in South America. Returning to Massachusetts, he for a short time painted landscapes and historical pictures in Boston. Leaving Boston, he went to Paris where he studied with Leon Bonnat, and also under Jean-Leon Gerome at the Ecole... Read full biography
Edwin Lord Weeks was born near Boston and educated in Boston and Newton public schools, although he spent very of his adult life outside the United States. His artistic career began in 1869 with a sketching trip to Florida, then on to Surinam and other destinations in South America. Returning to Massachusetts, he for a short time painted landscapes and historical pictures in Boston. Leaving Boston, he went to Paris where he studied with Leon Bonnat, and also under Jean-Leon Gerome at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Weeks, like Gerome, was interested in Oriental subject matter, and as a student traveled to North Africa, Spain, and the Middle East. In 1872, he returned to Massachusetts, married his cousin, Frances Rollins Hale, and set up a... Read full biography
Edwin Lord Weeks was born near Boston and educated in Boston and Newton public schools, although he spent very of his adult life outside the United States. His artistic career began in 1869 with a sketching trip to Florida, then on to Surinam and other destinations in South America. Returning to Massachusetts, he for a short time painted landscapes and historical pictures in Boston. Leaving Boston, he went to Paris where he studied with Leon Bonnat, and also under Jean-Leon Gerome at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Weeks, like Gerome, was interested in Oriental subject matter, and as a student traveled to North Africa, Spain, and the Middle East. In 1872, he returned to Massachusetts, married his cousin, Frances Rollins Hale, and set up a studio. After less than a year, the young couple joined Robert Gavin, a Scottish painter, on a trip to the Medit... Read full biography
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About Edwin Lord Weeks: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (15)
All MuseumsButler Institute of American Art
524 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44502Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201Heckscher Museum of Art
2 Prime Avenue
Huntington, NY 11743Joslyn Art Museum
2200 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68102Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
Paseo del Prado, 8
Madrid, SpainNational Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004New-York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street At Central Park
New York City, NY 10024San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101Telfair Museum of Art
Po Box 10081
Savannah, GA 31412The Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102The Walters Art Museum
600 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201-5185