Weeks, Edwin Lord

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Painter, 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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correspondedWith Cram, Charles Warren person
associatedWith Duveen, Albert, person
associatedWith Twombly, Alexander Stevenson, 1832-1907. person
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Morocco
Cairo (Egypt)
Africa, North
France--Paris
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art genres
Cedar of Lebanon
Exoticism in art
Heraldry
Illustrators
Painters
Watercolorists
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Birth 1849

Death 1903

Americans

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