Robert Walter Weir. Robert Walter Weir was an American artist and educator and is considered a painter of the Hudson River School.
Weir was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1829 and was an instructor at the United States Military Academy. His best-known work is Embarkation of the Pilgrims in the United States Capitol rotunda at Washington, D.C.
More than 450 of his works are known, and he created many unsigned paintings that may never be attributed to him. Robert Weir was born to Robert and Mary Katherine Weir on June 18, 1803 in New York City.
He never graduated from college, and he left a job as a mercantile clerk to pursue painting in 1821 at age 18. He studied art in New York City from 1822 to 1824, teaching himself drawing and painting before departing to study in Italy in 1824. He remained in Florence from 1824 to 1825, then in Rome from 1825 to 1827, during which time he studied the works of Michelangelo, Raphael, and other Italian masters of the Renaissance.
He returned to New York in 1827 to care for a sick friend and remained there until 1834, becoming an integral part of its artistic community. He was appointed as Teacher of Drawing then Professor of Drawing at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Weir was the fifth artist to hold the position of art instructor at the academy. During his 42 years in this post, he instructed many of the future commander
Weir was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1829 and was an instructor at the United States Military Academy. His best-known work is Embarkation of the Pilgrims in the United States Capitol rotunda at Washington, D.C.
More than 450 of his works are known, and he created many unsigned paintings that may never be attributed to him. Robert Weir was born to Robert and Mary Katherine Weir on June 18, 1803 in New York City.
He never graduated from college, and he left a job as a mercantile clerk to pursue painting in 1821 at age 18. He studied art in New York City from 1822 to 1824, teaching himself drawing and painting before departing to study in Italy in 1824. He remained in Florence from 1824 to 1825, then in Rome from 1825 to 1827, during which time he studied the works of Michelangelo, Raphael, and other Italian masters of the Renaissance.
He returned to New York in 1827 to care for a sick friend and remained there until 1834, becoming an integral part of its artistic community. He was appointed as Teacher of Drawing then Professor of Drawing at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Weir was the fifth artist to hold the position of art instructor at the academy. During his 42 years in this post, he instructed many of the future commander
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