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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Monday, August 13, 2012

The Weir Family, 1820-1920: Expanding the Traditions of American Art

A landscape by J. Alden Weir is part of the first major exhibition of the Weir family painters, Robert Walter Weir, John Ferguson Weir and J. Alden Weir, on view at the New Britain Museum of American Art.

Robert Walter Weir (1803 – 1889) Self Portrait (Head of Man with White Beard), 1860s, Oil on panel, 17 x 14 in., Brigham Young University Museum of Art

The Weir Family, 1820-1920: Expanding the Traditions of American Art at Connecticut's New Britain Museum of American Art explores the impact of studying artistic traditions in Europe on the development of American art forms. A total of 74 paintings on display by Robert Walter Weir (1803-1889) and his sons John Ferguson Weir (1841-1926) and Julian Alden Weir (1851-1919) demonstrate how their transatlantic encounters helped shape American art for nearly a century. Robert Walter Weir, the patriarch of the talented family, was one of the first Americans to travel to Italy for art ...

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