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D. Hoopes, American Paintings, New York, 1981, p. 34
Robert Walter Weir was the father of the distinguished painters Julian Alden Weir and John Ferguson Weir. A precocious talent, he was elected to the National Academy in 1829 where he taught from 1832-1834. In the 1820s he maintained a studio in Florence and Rome and in 1827 he established himself in New York. He moved to West Point in 1834 and remained as drawing master for the next thirty years. James Abbott McNeil Whistler was his most notable student at West Point. In the early 1860s he was associated with the 10th street studio group which included Church, Whittredge, Kensett and Durand.
D. Hoopes, American Paintings, New York, 1981, p. 34
Robert Walter Weir was the father of the distinguished painters Julian Alden Weir and John Ferguson Weir. A precocious talent, he was elected to the National Academy in 1829 where he taught from 1832-1834. In the 1820s he maintained a studio in Florence and Rome and in 1827 he established himself in New York. He moved to West Point in 1834 and remained as drawing master for the next thirty years. James Abbott McNeil Whistler was his most notable student at West Point. In the early 1860s he was associated with the 10th street studio group which included Church, Whittredge, Kensett and Durand.