Edwin Lord Weeks (1849 - 1903)
Edwin Lord Weeks was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1849. His parents were wealthy spice and tea merchants and could afford to finance their son's early interest in painting. As a young man he travelled to the Florida Keys and then South America to paint. In 1872 he wnt to Paris to study under Gerome. Subsequently he travelled to the East and was particularly known foe his oriental scenes.
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