Weeks, Edwin Lord
Variant namesPainter, illustrator, author, photographer, explorer; Paris, France.
Born in Boston, Mass. and raised in Newtonville, Mass., Weeks studied in the American public school system and at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, with Gerome and Bonnat. He married his cousin Frances Rollins Hale and was a close friend of illustrator Frank T. Merrill. Weeks travelled extensively in Egypt, Jerusalem, Damascus and Morocco, maintaining a studio in Paris and frequenting South Berwick, Maine where his sister Mrs. W.A.H. (Minnie) Goodwin and her family lived. His specialty was North African orientalist genre painting.
From the description of Edwin Lord Weeks papers, [ca. 1885-1976]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122648195
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| creatorOf | Edwin Lord Weeks papers | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Weeks, Edwin Lord. Edwin Weeks letter to Charles Warren Cram, 1888. | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library | |
| referencedIn | Twombly, Alexander Stevenson, 1832-1907. Alexander Stevenson Twombly papers, 1843-1907 (inclusive). | Yale University Library | |
| referencedIn | Alexander Stevenson Twombly papers, 1843-1907 | Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives | |
| creatorOf | Albert Duveen collection of artists' letters and ephemera | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Weeks, Edwin Lord : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library | |
| creatorOf | Weeks, Edwin Lord. Artist file. | Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives |
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Birth 1849
Death 1903
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