Portrait of Robert Hoe
1891
Medium
Graphic Arts-Print
Classification
Graphic Arts-Print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Brigham Young University
Accession Number
1972.84.63
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the refined world of late 19th-century Americanure with *Portrait of Robert Hoe* (1891), a striking graphic arts print by J. Alden Weir. This intimate depiction, focused on the subject's head, captures Robert Hoe, a prominent figure in the printing industry as head of the influential R. Hoe & Company Weir, a leading American artist known for his Impressionist influences and membership in The Ten—a progressive group of painters—crafted this work during a vibrant era of industrial growth and artistic innovation in the Gilded Age. As a graphic arts print, the piece highlights Weir's ve...