Background

Weeks was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1849.

Career

As a young man Weeks visited the Florida Keys to draw, and also travelled to Surinam in South America. His earliest known paintings date from 1867 when he was eighteen years old, although it is not until his Landscape with Blue Heron, dated 1871 and painted in the Everglades, that Weeks started to exhibit a dexterity of technique and eye for composition—presumably having taken professional tuition. In 1872 Weeks relocated to Paris, becoming a pupil of Léon Bonnat and Jean-Léon Gérômedical

After his studies in Paris, Weeks emerged as one of America"s major painters of Orientalist subjects.

Throughout his adult life he was an inveterate traveler and journeyed to South America (1869), Egypt and Persia (1870), Morocco (frequently between 1872 and 1878), and India (1882-1883). In 1895 Weeks wrote and illustrated a book of travels, From the Black Sea through Persia and India, and in 1897 he published Episodes of Mountaineering.

Weeks died in Paris in November 1903.

Achievements

• Weeks exhibited his work in nearly every annual Salon (Paris). He earned a Medal of Honor in 1884, then a Third Class Medal in 1889, followed by a Gold Medal at the 1889 International Exhibition, and finally the Legion of Honor in 1896.

Works

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• book

  • From the Black Sea: Through Persia and India (Classic Reprint)
  • Artist Explorer - A Ride through Persia to India in 1892

• painting

  • Moorish Girl Lying On A Couch Rabat, Morocco

  • Camels at a Well, Tangiers

  • Powder Play City of Morocco, outside the Walls

  • Along the Ghats, Mathura

  • Village in Atlas Mountains, Morocco

  • Market Square in Front of the Sacristy and Doorway of the Cathedral, Granada

  • Indian Prince And Parade Cermony

  • Horse Market, Persian Stables, Bombay

  • Interior of the Mosque at Cordoba

  • Winter Landscape

  • Palace and Lake at Sarket Ahmedabad, India

  • The Camel Rider

  • Street Vendor, Ahmedabad

  • A Court in the Alhambra

  • A Marketplace in Ispahan

  • The Barge Of The Maharaja Of Benares

  • Jumma Musjed Lahore India

  • Portico of a Mosque, Ahmedabad

  • Water Carriers Of The Ganges

  • Elephants of Bekanir

  • Arrival of Prince Humbert, the Rahaj, at the Palace of Amber

  • A Portico in Ahmedabad, India

  • Man in Armor (preparatory sketch for Entering the Mosque)

  • By The Well

  • Street Scene In India

  • The Snake Charmers, Bombay

  • A Street Market Scene, India

  • Rajah Starting On A Hunt

  • Blue Tiled Mosque At Delhi, India

  • Royal Elephant at the Gateway to the Jami Masjid, Mathura

  • Steps of the Mosque Vazirkham, Lahore

  • Along the Ghats, Mathura

  • Old Blue Tiled Mosque, Outside of Delhi, India

  • Study of a Moor in Blue

  • Departure For The Hunt

  • Street Scene In India

  • An Open Air Kitchen, Lahore, India

  • The Last Voyage

  • Sacred Lake, Bombay

  • Gate Of The Fortress At Agra, India

  • Mogul's Elephant

  • Sketch Two Nautch Girls

  • A Persian Cafe

  • Birdhouse and Market Ahmedabad, India

  • The Maharahaj of Gwalior Before His Palace

  • Early Morning by Lake Urumiyah, Persia

  • Indian Horsemen at the Gateway of Alah ou din, Old Delhi

  • Feeding The Sacred Pigeons, Jaipur

  • Scene at Sale, Morocco

  • Blacksmith Shop at Tangiers

  • Leaving For The Hunt At Gwalior

  • Muttra

  • Traveling in Persia

  • Curiously Wrought Red Sandstone Arches, Fort Agra, India

  • Persians Lunching on the Grass, Mt. Ararat in the Distance

  • Elephants and Figures in a Courtyard, Fort Agra

  • The Rajahs Elephant

  • Arrival Of Prince Humbert, The Rajah, At The Palace Of Amber

  • Temples and bathing ghat at Benares

  • The Rider

  • Standing Arab Woman

  • The Temple and Tank of Walkeschwar at Bombay

  • Outside An Indian Dye House

  • Courtyard in Morocco

  • Craftsman Selling Cases By A Teak Wood Building, Ahmedabad

  • An Indian Gharry

  • Gate of Shehal, Morocco

  • Before A Mosque

  • Street Scene in Bombay

  • A Rajah Of Jodhpur

  • In the Bazaar, Oudeypore

  • Open Market, Morocco

  • Entering The Mosque

  • Festival At Fatehpur Sikri

  • Arrival of a Caravan Outside The City of Morocco

  • Rialto Bridge, Venice

  • Indian Hunting Party

  • Man Leading a Camel

  • Arabs on the Move

  • The Golden Temple, Amritsar

  • Moorish Guard

  • Market Place at Agra

  • Along The Nile

  • Indian Prince, Palace Of Agra

  • The Arms Merchant

  • The Return Of The Imperial Court From The Great Nosque At Delhi, In The Reign Of Shah Jehan

  • Interior of La Torre des Infantas, The Alhambra

  • Figures in the Courtyard of a Mosque

  • Sarkeh, Ahmedabad, Indi

  • White Marble Tomb at Suittitor, Skiri

  • Street Scene, Bombay

  • Leaving For The Hunt

  • The Metalsmith's Shop

  • Granada Courtyard

  • The Moorish Bazaar

  • Two Arabs Reading

  • One Thousand and One Nights

  • Girl in a Moorish Courtyard

  • An Open Air Restaurant, Lahore

  • Indian Barbers Saharanpore

  • The Silk Merchants

  • A Royal Procession

  • At The River Crossing

  • Steps in Sunlight (India)

  • Elephants at the Palace of Jodhpore

  • Great Mogul And His Court Returning From The Great Mosque At Delhi, India

  • Wedding Procession, Jodhpur

  • Woman's Bathing Place I Oodeypore, India

  • Street Scene In India

  • Tangiers

  • On The River Benares

Membership

He was a member of the Légion d"honneur, France, an officer of the Order of Saint Michael, Germany, and a member of the Munich Secession.

Connections

Spouse:

Frances Rollins Hale

teacher:

Léon Bonnat

teacher:

JEAN LÉON GÉRÔME

Friend:

A P Close

Friend:

Robert Gavin

References

• Edwin Lord Weeks: Visions of India
• Edwin Lord Weeks: 90+ Academic Paintings