John Ferguson Weir

John Ferguson Weir

John F. Weir (1841- 1926) was an American painter and sculptor, the son of Robert Walter Weir.

Biography

He was born August 28, 1841, at West Point, New York, and studied with his father and at the National Academy, New York. In 1861 he opened a studio in New York City and he became a member of the National Academy in 1866.

In 1868 he studied abroad. After his return he served as the first director of the School of Fine Arts at Yale University (1869-1913). He died in Providence, Rhode Island on April 8, 1926.

He designed the public fountain on New Haven Green. Among his writings are:
* "John Trumbull 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 of Yale
* Wells Williams ;Statues
* President Woolsey of Yale
* Professor Silliman (elder) of Yale

Further reading

*cite book | author=Fahlman, Betsy | title=John Ferguson Weir: The Labor of Art | location=Newark NJ | publisher=University of Delaware Press| year=1997| id=ISBN 0-87413-602-4

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