Moonlight
Julian Alden Weir
c. 1905
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.) framed: 81.6 x 71.8 x 7.3 cm (32 1/8 x 28 1/4 x 2 7/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CAB
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Chester Dale Collection
Accession Number
1954.4.1
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...