Edwin Lord Weeks

Edwin Lord Weeks

Edwin Lord Weeks (1849 – 1903), American artist, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, in 1849. He was a pupil of Léon Bonnat and of Jean-Léon Gérôme, at Paris. He made many voyages to the East, and was distinguished as a painter of oriental scenes.

In 1895 he wrote and illustrated a book of travels, "From the Black Sea through Persia and India", and two years later he published "Episodes of Mountaineering". He died in November 1903. He was a member of the Légion d'honneur, France, an officer of the Order of St. Michael, Germany, and a member of the Secession, Munich.

References

*1911

External links

* [http://www.edwinlordweeks.org Comprehensive site with biography, images by the artist, and more.]
* [http://www.museumsyndicate.com/artist.php?artist=409 Weeks Gallery at MuseumSyndicate]
* [http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=475 Weeks at the Art Renewal Center]


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