Edwin Lord Weeks American Academic Painter, 1849-1903, American artist, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, in 1849. He was a pupil of Leon Bonnat and of Jean-Leon Gerome, 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 Legion d'honneur, France, an officer of the Order of St. Michael, Germany, and a member of the Secession, Munich.
Interior of the Mosque of Cordoba. ca. 1880. Oil on canvas. 56 x 72.6 in. (184.5 x 182,9 cm. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD.
Painting ID:: 61910
The Temple and Tank of Walkeshwar at Bombay ca. 1884. Oil on canvas. 64.25 x 45 in. (163.2 x 114.3 cm). Courtesy Vance Jordan Fine Art Inc., NY.
Painting ID:: 61960
Edwin_Lord_Weeks American Academic Painter, 1849-1903, American artist, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, in 1849. He was a pupil of Leon Bonnat and of Jean-Leon Gerome, 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 Legion d'honneur, France, an officer of the Order of St. Michael, Germany, and a member of the Secession, Munich.