- Robert Wylie
Robert Wylie (
1839 -February 4 ,1877 ), American artist, was born in theIsle of Man .He was taken to the United States when a child.
Wylie studied in the schools of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ,Philadelphia , later serving a curator. His early work as a sculptor in Philadelphia is little known, with only a few works positively attributed to him. [Myers, Julia Rowland. "Robert Wylie: Philadelphia sculptor, 1856-1863", "Archives of American Art Journal", v. 40 no. 1/2 (2000) p. 4-17.]In 1863 the directors of the Pennsylvania Academy sent Wylie to
France to study. He won a medal of the second class at the Paris Salon of 1872.He went to
Pont-Aven ,Brittany , in the early sixties, where he remained until his death. He painted Breton peasants and scenes in the history of Brittany; among his important works was a large canvas, "The Death of a Vendean Chief," now at theMetropolitan Museum of Art , New York.Wylie died 4 February 1877, in Pont-Aven, France.
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