Copyright This work is in the public domain. Edwin Lord Weeks died in 1903; copyright lasts 70 years after the artist’s death, so it ended in 1973.
In context
muttra — Edwin Lord Weeks
Row above: the years. Row below: how old the artist was at the start and at the end of each span — 0 at birth, 54 at death.
Painted when the artist was 39. The artist lived to 54. 38 of the 49 dated works by this artist in our catalogue came earlier.
Shaded: the lifetime of Edwin Lord Weeks (1849–1903) ▲ this work, 1888 every dated painting, decade by decade
First works: up to 1880 Main working years: 1880–1887 Late works: from 1887
Those three bands split the works this catalogue has a date for into a first quarter, a middle half and a last quarter. They are not the artist’s complete output: a thin stretch may be a gap in the record rather than a quiet spell. The same years with the artist’s life laid along them
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Measured from the image
Main colour
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Catalogued palette
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The ten leading countries
Find the three darkest countries on the map. Is the museum that keeps this painting in any of them? Write down one reason people far away might look at it.
Together these works take 68.8% of all the attention this artist's paintings received over the last twelve months. The catalogue holds 130 works by this artist, of which 40 were looked at at least once. This painting has not been looked at yet in that time — it closes the list without a rank. The same counts, month by month
Bars measure attention, not quality. Pick the work at the top and this one: name one thing that might make a painting famous beyond how well it is painted.
Artist and museum
Born in Boston, United States
edwin lord weeks, an american artist, left an indelible mark on the art world with his captivating works. born in 1849 in boston, massachusetts, weeks' life was a testament to his family's affluence, which enabled him to pursue his passion for painting and traveling.
as a young man, weeks visited the florida keys to draw, further solidifying his artistic foundation. his earliest known paintings date from 1867, when he was eighteen years old. notably, it wasn't until his landscape with blue heron, dated 1871 and painted in the everglades, that weeks began to exhibit a dexterity of technique and eye for composition.
in 1872, weeks relocated to paris, becoming a pupil of léon bonnat and jean-léon gérôme. this marked the beginning of his emergence as one of america's major painters of orientalist subjects. throughout his adult life, he was an inveterate traveler, journeying to south america (1869), egypt and persia (1870), morocco (frequently between 1872 and 1878), and india (1882–83).
some of weeks' most notable works include:
a maratha, leaving for hunting from gwalior fort
maratha king of gwalior at his palace
an open-air restaurant near wazir khan mosque, lahore
royal elephant at the gateway to the jama masjid, mathura
in 1895, weeks wrote and illustrated a book of travels, from the black sea through persia and india, followed by episodes of mountaineering in 1897.
weeks earned numerous accolades, including a medal of honor in 1884, a third class medal in 1889, a gold medal at the 1889 international exhibition, and the legion of honor in 1896. he was also a member of the légion d'honneur, france, an officer of the order of saint michael (bavaria), and a member of the munich secession. view edwin lord weeks' artworks on AllPaintingsStore: [https://AllPaintingsStore.com/@/edwinlordweeks](https://AllPaintingsStore.com/@/edwinlordweeks) explore more about orientalist subjects on AllPaintingsStore: /en/art/list/
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For art students and researchers
muttra — Edwin Lord Weeks
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"muttra" by Edwin Lord Weeks is in the public domain - its copyright has expired. This status governs how the image of the work may be reproduced.
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The recorded values for "muttra" by Edwin Lord Weeks are: brilliant brightness, gentle luminance luminance.
A golden yellow range hue runs through "muttra" by Edwin Lord Weeks.
The colors of "muttra" by Edwin Lord Weeks have a balanced soft saturation. Saturation describes how vivid or muted the colors are.