Carl Emil Otto Weber (17 October 1832, in

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– 23 December 1888, in

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) was a German

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, landscape, and animal painter. He was one of the first to paint in the Breton village of

Pont-Aven Pont-Aven (, Breton: 'River Bridge') is a commune in the Finistère department in the Brittany region in Northwestern France. In 2019, it had a population of 2,821. Demographics Inhabitants of Pont-Aven are called ''Pontavenistes'' in French ...

which later developed into an artists' colony.

Biography

His father, Wilhelm Weber was a merchant. He studied at the

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with Carl Steffeck, then in Paris with

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. In 1863–64, he travelled to Brittany where he painted genre works giving a romantic view of day-to-day life. In 1864, he exhibited his first painting at the Paris Salon: "Noce à Pont-Aven". It was the first painting known to be inspired by the village of

, which subsequently became famous for its colony of artists and gave rise to the

Pont-Aven School Pont-Aven School (french: École de Pont-Aven, br, Skol Pont Aven) encompasses works of art influenced by the Breton town of Pont-Aven and its surroundings. Originally the term applied to works created in the artists' colony at Pont-Aven, which s ...

. He continued to exhibit at the Paris Salon until 1869, and was awarded two medals. His "La curée du chevreuil" (1868) is now in the Musée d'Orsay. As a result of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, he had to leave France, travelling to Italy where he spent a year in Rome. In 1872, he moved to London at the request of

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, where he exhibited annually at the Royal Academy after 1874, and received commissions from the Queen."Pardon Breton"
''Art of the Print''. Retrieved 7 May 2012. He would remain there for the rest of his life. He was a member of the

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and the

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