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WEIR, IRENE, artist and writer, daughter of Walter and Anne Field (Andrews) Weir, was born at St. Louis, Missouri. Her father, Walter Weir, M.A. was a son of Robert W. Weir, (#25257413) National Academician, who, in 1832 was appointed Professor of Drawing in the Military Academy at West Point. He held this post for forty-two years, and in the Chapel at the Academy, is a large allegorical work, Peace and War, ranked as probably his finest production.
Source - Biographical Cyclopedia of American Women. Vol. I-II. New York, NY, USA: Halvord Publishing Co., 1924-1925.
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Father, Walter Weir, Trinity College, CT, B.A., 1853 of West Point, NY, and St Louis, son o£ Robert Walter Weir and Louisa Ferguson of West Point.
Mother, Annie Field Andrews; daughter of John Clark Andrews and Tirza Ann Field of New Britain and Hartford, Connecticut.
Yale relatives include: Uncles,John F. Weir, M.A. Hon. 1871; and J. Alden Weir, M.A. Hon 1917. Cousins, Louise W. Sargent, ex-'88 Art, and Edith W. Perry, cert. Art 1898.
Graduated Yale School of the Fine Arts, B.F.A. 1906. Pupil of J. Alden Weir, Joseph Pennell, and J. H. Twachtman. Studied at Art Students League, New York City, Colarossi Academy, Paris, and E'coles
d'Art Amencaine de Fontainebleau (diplome 1923). Traveled and studied in France, Italy, Spam, Holland, and England.
Freehand drawing instructor New Haven, CT grammar and high schools 1887-90; director
Norwich, CT Art School 1890-93; instructor in drawing Brookline, MA public schools 1893-1900 and director of drawing 1908-10.
Founder School of Design and Liberal Arts, New York City, 1917 and director 1917-29; director of fine arts department Ethical Culture School, New York City. Resident artist Louis C. Tiffany Foundation; director Art
Alliance of America and Salons of America; director of art Women's University Club, New York City; lectured on modern and classic art, architecture, and modern poetry.
Author, Burne-Jones(1898), Landseer (1898), Giotto and His followers (1898), Raphael (1898), Rosa Bonheur (1898), Drawings by Italian Masters(1899), Greek Painters' Art (1905), and Three Weirs Artists (1945). Contributed articles on art to periodicals.
among her best known paintings are Dawn and Little Red Top in the Museum of Fine Arts at Houston, Texas, portraits of Professor Robert W. Weir and General Irwin McDowell at United States Military Academy, West Point, portrait of D. Cyprian Willcox in Memorial Hall, University of Georgia, portrait of Madame Curie in Memorial Hospital, New York City, and murals, St Francis, Canticle of the Sun at Rollins College and The Annunciation in St Luke's Church, Katonah, N.Y.
Member founder's group Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, member Associates in the Fine Arts (Yale University), Society of Independent Artists, National Association of Women Artists, New York Classical Club, Lyceum (London), College Art Association, New York Water Color Club, National Society of Etchers, Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston), Copley Society of Boston, and St. Luke's Church (Episcopal), Katonah.
Death due to hypertensive cardiovascular disease. Buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Hartford. Survived by no immediate relatives
Source - Obituary Record of Yale Graduates Deceased During the Year 1943-1944
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WEIR, IRENE, artist and writer, daughter of Walter and Anne Field (Andrews) Weir, was born at St. Louis, Missouri. Her father, Walter Weir, M.A. was a son of Robert W. Weir, (#25257413) National Academician, who, in 1832 was appointed Professor of Drawing in the Military Academy at West Point. He held this post for forty-two years, and in the Chapel at the Academy, is a large allegorical work, Peace and War, ranked as probably his finest production.
Source - Biographical Cyclopedia of American Women. Vol. I-II. New York, NY, USA: Halvord Publishing Co., 1924-1925.
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Father, Walter Weir, Trinity College, CT, B.A., 1853 of West Point, NY, and St Louis, son o£ Robert Walter Weir and Louisa Ferguson of West Point.
Mother, Annie Field Andrews; daughter of John Clark Andrews and Tirza Ann Field of New Britain and Hartford, Connecticut.
Yale relatives include: Uncles,John F. Weir, M.A. Hon. 1871; and J. Alden Weir, M.A. Hon 1917. Cousins, Louise W. Sargent, ex-'88 Art, and Edith W. Perry, cert. Art 1898.
Graduated Yale School of the Fine Arts, B.F.A. 1906. Pupil of J. Alden Weir, Joseph Pennell, and J. H. Twachtman. Studied at Art Students League, New York City, Colarossi Academy, Paris, and E'coles
d'Art Amencaine de Fontainebleau (diplome 1923). Traveled and studied in France, Italy, Spam, Holland, and England.
Freehand drawing instructor New Haven, CT grammar and high schools 1887-90; director
Norwich, CT Art School 1890-93; instructor in drawing Brookline, MA public schools 1893-1900 and director of drawing 1908-10.
Founder School of Design and Liberal Arts, New York City, 1917 and director 1917-29; director of fine arts department Ethical Culture School, New York City. Resident artist Louis C. Tiffany Foundation; director Art
Alliance of America and Salons of America; director of art Women's University Club, New York City; lectured on modern and classic art, architecture, and modern poetry.
Author, Burne-Jones(1898), Landseer (1898), Giotto and His followers (1898), Raphael (1898), Rosa Bonheur (1898), Drawings by Italian Masters(1899), Greek Painters' Art (1905), and Three Weirs Artists (1945). Contributed articles on art to periodicals.
among her best known paintings are Dawn and Little Red Top in the Museum of Fine Arts at Houston, Texas, portraits of Professor Robert W. Weir and General Irwin McDowell at United States Military Academy, West Point, portrait of D. Cyprian Willcox in Memorial Hall, University of Georgia, portrait of Madame Curie in Memorial Hospital, New York City, and murals, St Francis, Canticle of the Sun at Rollins College and The Annunciation in St Luke's Church, Katonah, N.Y.
Member founder's group Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, member Associates in the Fine Arts (Yale University), Society of Independent Artists, National Association of Women Artists, New York Classical Club, Lyceum (London), College Art Association, New York Water Color Club, National Society of Etchers, Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston), Copley Society of Boston, and St. Luke's Church (Episcopal), Katonah.
Death due to hypertensive cardiovascular disease. Buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Hartford. Survived by no immediate relatives
Source - Obituary Record of Yale Graduates Deceased During the Year 1943-1944
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WEIR, IRENE, artist and writer, daughter of Walter and Anne Field (Andrews) Weir, was born at St. Louis, Missouri. Her father, Walter Weir, M.A. was a son of Robert W. Weir, (#25257413) National Academician, who, in 1832 was appointed Professor of Drawing in the Military Academy at West Point. He held this post for forty-two years, and in the Chapel at the Academy, is a large allegorical work, Peace and War, ranked as probably his finest production.
Source - Biographical Cyclopedia of American Women. Vol. I-II. New York, NY, USA: Halvord Publishing Co., 1924-1925.
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Father, Walter Weir, Trinity College, CT, B.A., 1853 of West Point, NY, and St Louis, son o£ Robert Walter Weir and Louisa Ferguson of West Point.
Mother, Annie Field Andrews; daughter of John Clark Andrews and Tirza Ann Field of New Britain and Hartford, Connecticut.
Yale relatives include: Uncles,John F. Weir, M.A. Hon. 1871; and J. Alden Weir, M.A. Hon 1917. Cousins, Louise W. Sargent, ex-'88 Art, and Edith W. Perry, cert. Art 1898.
Graduated Yale School of the Fine Arts, B.F.A. 1906. Pupil of J. Alden Weir, Joseph Pennell, and J. H. Twachtman. Studied at Art Students League, New York City, Colarossi Academy, Paris, and E'coles
d'Art Amencaine de Fontainebleau (diplome 1923). Traveled and studied in France, Italy, Spam, Holland, and England.
Freehand drawing instructor New Haven, CT grammar and high schools 1887-90; director
Norwich, CT Art School 1890-93; instructor in drawing Brookline, MA public schools 1893-1900 and director of drawing 1908-10.
Founder School of Design and Liberal Arts, New York City, 1917 and director 1917-29; director of fine arts department Ethical Culture School, New York City. Resident artist Louis C. Tiffany Foundation; director Art
Alliance of America and Salons of America; director of art Women's University Club, New York City; lectured on modern and classic art, architecture, and modern poetry.
Author, Burne-Jones(1898), Landseer (1898), Giotto and His followers (1898), Raphael (1898), Rosa Bonheur (1898), Drawings by Italian Masters(1899), Greek Painters' Art (1905), and Three Weirs Artists (1945). Contributed articles on art to periodicals.
among her best known paintings are Dawn and Little Red Top in the Museum of Fine Arts at Houston, Texas, portraits of Professor Robert W. Weir and General Irwin McDowell at United States Military Academy, West Point, portrait of D. Cyprian Willcox in Memorial Hall, University of Georgia, portrait of Madame Curie in Memorial Hospital, New York City, and murals, St Francis, Canticle of the Sun at Rollins College and The Annunciation in St Luke's Church, Katonah, N.Y.
Member founder's group Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, member Associates in the Fine Arts (Yale University), Society of Independent Artists, National Association of Women Artists, New York Classical Club, Lyceum (London), College Art Association, New York Water Color Club, National Society of Etchers, Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston), Copley Society of Boston, and St. Luke's Church (Episcopal), Katonah.
Death due to hypertensive cardiovascular disease. Buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Hartford. Survived by no immediate relatives
Source - Obituary Record of Yale Graduates Deceased During the Year 1943-1944
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WEIR, IRENE, artist and writer, daughter of Walter and Anne Field (Andrews) Weir, was born at St. Louis, Missouri. Her father, Walter Weir, M.A. was a son of Robert W. Weir, (#25257413) National Academician, who, in 1832 was appointed Professor of Drawing in the Military Academy at West Point. He held this post for forty-two years, and in the Chapel at the Academy, is a large allegorical work, Peace and War, ranked as probably his finest production.
Source - Biographical Cyclopedia of American Women. Vol. I-II. New York, NY, USA: Halvord Publishing Co., 1924-1925.
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Father, Walter Weir, Trinity College, CT, B.A., 1853 of West Point, NY, and St Louis, son o£ Robert Walter Weir and Louisa Ferguson of West Point.
Mother, Annie Field Andrews; daughter of John Clark Andrews and Tirza Ann Field of New Britain and Hartford, Connecticut.
Yale relatives include: Uncles,John F. Weir, M.A. Hon. 1871; and J. Alden Weir, M.A. Hon 1917. Cousins, Louise W. Sargent, ex-'88 Art, and Edith W. Perry, cert. Art 1898.
Graduated Yale School of the Fine Arts, B.F.A. 1906. Pupil of J. Alden Weir, Joseph Pennell, and J. H. Twachtman. Studied at Art Students League, New York City, Colarossi Academy, Paris, and E'coles
d'Art Amencaine de Fontainebleau (diplome 1923). Traveled and studied in France, Italy, Spam, Holland, and England.
Freehand drawing instructor New Haven, CT grammar and high schools 1887-90; director
Norwich, CT Art School 1890-93; instructor in drawing Brookline, MA public schools 1893-1900 and director of drawing 1908-10.
Founder School of Design and Liberal Arts, New York City, 1917 and director 1917-29; director of fine arts department Ethical Culture School, New York City. Resident artist Louis C. Tiffany Foundation; director Art
Alliance of America and Salons of America; director of art Women's University Club, New York City; lectured on modern and classic art, architecture, and modern poetry.
Author, Burne-Jones(1898), Landseer (1898), Giotto and His followers (1898), Raphael (1898), Rosa Bonheur (1898), Drawings by Italian Masters(1899), Greek Painters' Art (1905), and Three Weirs Artists (1945). Contributed articles on art to periodicals.
among her best known paintings are Dawn and Little Red Top in the Museum of Fine Arts at Houston, Texas, portraits of Professor Robert W. Weir and General Irwin McDowell at United States Military Academy, West Point, portrait of D. Cyprian Willcox in Memorial Hall, University of Georgia, portrait of Madame Curie in Memorial Hospital, New York City, and murals, St Francis, Canticle of the Sun at Rollins College and The Annunciation in St Luke's Church, Katonah, N.Y.
Member founder's group Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, member Associates in the Fine Arts (Yale University), Society of Independent Artists, National Association of Women Artists, New York Classical Club, Lyceum (London), College Art Association, New York Water Color Club, National Society of Etchers, Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston), Copley Society of Boston, and St. Luke's Church (Episcopal), Katonah.
Death due to hypertensive cardiovascular disease. Buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Hartford. Survived by no immediate relatives
Source - Obituary Record of Yale Graduates Deceased During the Year 1943-1944
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