Castle Rushen--Isle of Man
Medium
Etching in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 22.1 × 30 cm (8 3/4 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 26.5 × 43 cm (10 7/16 × 16 15/16 in.)
Classification
prints and drawing
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
261654
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Julian Alden Weir · 1852–1919
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...