biography
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Weir, J(ulian) Alden
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| male
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| lived:
| (1852–1919)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in West Point, New York, USA. He studied in Paris (1873), travelled in Europe (1873–83), worked in New York, and settled in Connecticut (1883). A founder of the Ten (1898), an Impressionist group, he is remembered for his paintings such as ‘Idle Hours’ (1888). In 1991 his property in Wilton/Ridgefield, CT was named a National Historic Site, the first artist's home so designated. |
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