Reflections
1885/1893
Medium
etching and drypoint in black on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 17.5 x 12.9 cm (6 7/8 x 5 1/16 in.) sheet: 19.2 x 13.6 cm (7 9/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2006.42.1
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...