Background
Weyden, Harry Van Der was born in 1868 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Major Henry and Mona (Wetherbee) Vander Weyden.
Weyden, Harry Van Der was born in 1868 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Major Henry and Mona (Wetherbee) Vander Weyden.
Studied at Slade School, London. Pupil of Laurens, Lefebvre and Constant, Paris.
Awards: Slade Schlarship, London, 1887. 3d class gold medal, Salon Societe des Artistes Francais, 1891. 2d class medal, Antwerp International Exposition, 1894.
Gold medal, Atlanta Exposition, 1895.
Bronze medal, Paris Exposition, 1900. Gold medal, Munich, 1901.
Gold medal, Vienna, and picture purchased by minister of public instruction, 1902. Pictures purchased by French Government, 1906 and 1908.
Picture, “Christmas Eve,” purchased for The Art Institute of Chicago of Chicago by “Friends of American Art,” 1910.
Member Paris Society American Painters, Institute of Oil Painters, London.
Married Florence V. Moore, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1893.