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J. Alden Weir

1852 - 1919

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Julian Alden Weir (August 30, 1852 – December 8, 1919) was an American impressionist painter and member of the Cos Cob Art Colony near Greenwich, Connecticut. Weir was also one of the founding members of "The Ten", a loosely allied group of American artists dissatisfied with professional art organizations, who banded together in 1898 to exhibit their works as a stylistically unified group. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. J. Alden Weir is the 1,954th most popular painter (down from 1,927th in 2019), the 10,757th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,792nd in 2019) and the 136th most popular American Painter.

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Among painters, J. Alden Weir ranks 1,954 out of 2,023. Before him are Stuart Davis, David Smith, Elaine de Kooning, Thomas Baines, Aleksandr Petrov, and Alfred Freddy Krupa. After him are Laura Knight, Zdenka Braunerová, Thalia Flora-Karavia, Władysław Hasior, David Cox, and Rembrandt Peale.

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Among people born in 1852, J. Alden Weir ranks 121. Before him are Robert Hausmann, George Clausen, Alexander Wittek, John Neville Keynes, Anna Whitlock, and Charles Kent. After him are Walter W. Winans, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, and Alton B. Parker. Among people deceased in 1919, J. Alden Weir ranks 152. Before him are William Michael Rossetti, Huseyn Arablinski, Hermann Lietz, Theo de Meester, Horatio Parker, and Ella Wheeler Wilcox. After him are George Eyser, John Aitken, Abraham Jacobi, Phoebe Hearst, and Anna Howard Shaw.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, J. Alden Weir ranks 10,759 out of 20,380. Before him are Alfonso Ribeiro (1971), Jerry Pournelle (1933), Irving Pichel (1891), Christy Canyon (1966), Chris Burden (1946), and Paul Stewart (1908). After him are Albert Heath (1935), John McCloskey (1810), Melvin Frank (1913), Evelyn Brent (1895), Jonathan Dayton (1760), and Mamie Smith (1891).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, J. Alden Weir ranks 136. Before him are Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823), William Glackens (1870), John Henry Twachtman (1853), Stuart Davis (1892), David Smith (1906), and Elaine de Kooning (1918). After him are Rembrandt Peale (1778), Thomas Dewing (1851), Eugene J. Martin (1938), Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859), Mike Kelley (1954), and Charles Marion Russell (1864).

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