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Robert W. Weir
Artist
WA-00080027
Painting
Representation
None documented
1
Institutional Exhibitions
0
Works in Collection
33
Assets Indexed
6
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0
Publications Referenced
80%
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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American Battle Painting 1776�1918
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1944
Field Verification (6 fields)
1 cross-verified · 5 single-source
- Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
- Birth yearWikidata· 92%
- Death yearWikidata· 92%
- NationalityWikidata· 92%
- Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
- BiographyWikipedia· 88%
Source Registry (2)
- Artsy (bulk)Tier 1 · Institutional85%
- NgaTier 3 · Scraped/inferred85%
About
Why this artist matters now
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 in Washington, D.C. More than 450 of his works are known, and he created many unsigned paintings that may never be attributed to him.
Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago
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0 published of 29 catalogued · 24 with image
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National Gallery of Art
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