Creator Record
Metadata
Name |
Weston, Harold |
Other names |
nickname, "Hermit of the Ausable Club" |
Dates & places of birth and death |
Born, Februrary 4, 1894; Merion, PA Died, April 10, 1972; New York, NY |
Nationality |
American |
Notes |
At the start of World War I, went to Baghdad as an official painter with the British Relief Force. When he returned to the US he built a studio in the Adirondacks (near St. Hubert's, NY) where he painted for three years, alone. He contracted polio as a youth which left one leg damaged. Upon leaving St. Hubert with his wife, he settled in France which proved to be influential to his paintings, creating movement of figures in his "love series." |
Relationships |
Wife, Faith Borton |
Role |
Artist |
Education |
Harvard University, Class of 1916 |
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