Anna Dwight Weir Reading a Letter
ca. 1890
Medium
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on white wove paper
Dimensions
12 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (31.8 x 23.5 cm)
Classification
Watercolor
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Schneider Gift, 1966
Accession Number
66.193
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About the Artist
Julian Alden Weir
Julian Alden Weir (1852–1919) was one of the central figures of American Impressionism, a painter whose luminous canvases helped transform the reception of modern French art in the United States and whose personal influence shaped a generation of American artists. Born in West Point, New York, into a family steeped in art — his father Robert Weir was a drawing instructor at West Point — he receive...