J. Alden Weir

Painter. As a leading American Impressionist, an important member of The Ten, president of the National Academy of Design, and adviser to several major American collectors, Weir was an influential presence in the art world.The Red Bridge(1895) is his most famous work.Joan StahlAmerican Artists in Photographic Portraits from the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection(Washington, D.C. and Mineola, New York: National Museum of American Art and Dover Publications, Inc., 1995)