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Elihu Vedder

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Smithsonian

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Romantic Painting in America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1943–1944

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/saam_1929.8.595
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Why this artist matters now

Elihu Vedder was an American symbolist painter, book illustrator and poet from New York City. He is best known for his fifty-five illustrations for Edward FitzGerald's translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (14)

The Boy

1900 · Bronze

106.7 × (diam. of pan on figure's head) 53 cm (42 × 20 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Glimpse into Hell, or Fear

1888 · Oil on canvas

40 × 52.4 cm (15 3/4 × 20 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Cup of Love

1887 · Oil on wood

12 x 10 in. (25.4 x 30.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Fates Gathering in the Stars

1887 · Oil on canvas

113 × 82.6 cm (44 1/2 × 32 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Faces in the Fire

1887 · Bronze

31 x 22 1/8 in. (78.7 x 56.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Figure Study for Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

1884 · Black wax crayon and a variety of colored wax crayons with graphite and touches of gold pigment, heightened with white gouache on blue wove paper (discolored) laid down on tan board

64.9 × 46.6 cm (25 9/16 × 18 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Storm in Umbria

1875 · Oil on canvas

33 × 114.3 cm (13 × 45 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Perugia

1873 · Graphite on translucent off-white wove paper

7 5/8 x 5 in. (19.4 x 12.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Three Trees: Italy

1871 · oil on card on canvas

Unframed: 22 x 12.7 cm (8 11/16 x 5 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Music Party

1870 · oil on panel

Unframed: 9.2 x 17.9 cm (3 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Lost Mind

1864 · Oil on canvas

39 1/8 x 23 1/4 in. (99.4 x 59.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Head of a Woman

1836 · Graphite and red, white, and blue chalk on dark brown paper

6 1/4 x 5 1/16 in. (15.9 x 12.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Landscape (Mountains)

1836 · Graphite and white chalk on light brown wove paper

12 3/4 x 4 7/8 in. (32.4 x 12.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Ladder and the Hole

1836 · Graphite on light brown wove paper

2 11/16 x 4 15/16 in. (6.8 x 12.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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14 published of 14 catalogued · 14 with image

The Met
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Art Institute Chicago
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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2 entries · 1 sources

Three Trees: Italy
1871 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Music Party
1870 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Group Exhibition Romantic Painting in America

New York · 1943