John Ferguson Weir
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John F. Weir was an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 painter and sculptor. He was the son of painter Robert Walter Weir
Robert Walter Weir
Robert Walter Weir was an American artist, best known as an educator, and as an historical painter. He was considered an artist of the Hudson River school, was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1829, and an instructor at the United States Military Academy...

, a professor of drawing at the Military Academy at West Point. His younger brother, J. Alden Weir
J. Alden Weir
Julian Alden Weir was an American impressionist painter and member of the Cos Cob Art Colony near Greenwich, Connecticut...

, also became a well-known artist who painted in the style of American Impressionism
American Impressionism
Impressionism, a style of painting characterized by loose brushwork and vivid colors, was practiced widely among American artists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.-An emerging artistic style from Paris:...

.

Biography

He was born August 28, 1841, at West Point, New York
West Point, New York
West Point is a federal military reservation established by President of the United States Thomas Jefferson in 1802. It is a census-designated place located in Town of Highlands in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 7,138 at the 2000 census...

, and studied with his father and at the National Academy
National Academy of Design
The National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, founded in New York City as the National Academy of Design – known simply as the "National Academy" – is an honorary association of American artists founded in 1825 by Samuel F. B. Morse, Asher B. Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E...

, New York. In 1861 he opened a studio in New York City
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 and he became a member of the National Academy in 1866. John married Mary French, daughter of Rev. John W. French. Their daughter, Edith Dean Weir was also a well known miniatures painter, studying under Lucia Fairchild Fuller.

In 1868 he studied abroad. After his return he served as the first director of the School of Fine Arts at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

 (1869–1913). He died in Providence, Rhode Island
Providence, Rhode Island
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 on April 8, 1926.

Works

He designed the public fountain on New Haven Green
New Haven Green
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. Among his writings are:
  • John Trumbull
    John Trumbull
    John Trumbull was an American artist during the period of the American Revolutionary War and was notable for his historical paintings...

     and his Works
    (1902)
  • Human Destiny in the Light of Revelation (1903)

Paintings

  • "The Gun Foundry" (1867)
  • "Forging the Shaft" (1868, Metropolitan Museum, New York)
  • "Tapping the Furnace"

Portraits

  • Admiral Farragut
  • President Dwight
    Timothy Dwight V
    Timothy Dwight V was an American academic, an educator, a Congregational minister, and president of Yale College...

     of Yale University
    Yale University
    Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

  • Wells Williams

Statues

  • President Theodore Dwight Woolsey
    Theodore Dwight Woolsey
    Theodore Dwight Woolsey was an American academic, author and president of Yale College from 1846 through 1871.-Biography:Theodore Dwight Woolsey was born October 31, 1801 in New York City...

     of Yale University
    Yale University
    Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

  • Professor Benjamin Silliman
    Benjamin Silliman
    Benjamin Silliman was an American chemist, one of the first American professors of science , and the first to distill petroleum.-Early life:...

     (elder) of Yale
  • Lafayette, Milford, Pennsylvania
    Milford, Pennsylvania
    Milford is a borough in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat. Its population was 1,021 at the 2010 census. It was founded in 1796 by Judge John Biddis, one of the state's first four circuit judges, who named the settlement after his ancestral home in Wales.Milford has a...


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