Gottlieb Daniel Paul Weber (19 January 1823 - 12 October 1916) was a German artist. Weber is known for his ethereal and timeless landscape paintings of early northeast America. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1848 and though he returned to Germany around 1860 his influence on American landscape painting was still felt for year

Early life

Weber was born in Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany the son of the composer Johann Daniel Weber (1784–1848). He studied art at the Städelschen Kunstinstitut in

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before, two years later, moving to

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to study at the Academy in Munich which became his home base except when he lived in

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. Trained at the

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, Weber specialized in Alpine landscape painting.

Career

In 1848, soon after the collapse of the German Republic, at the age of 25, he moved to the United States, settling in

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, where he was a frequent exhibitor at the

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and the Boston Athaeneumbr>
Already an accomplished landscape painter by the time he was tirty years old, Weber refashioned himself as a teacher. Among his students in the class of landscape painting were

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, and

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. In 1860 he returned to Germany settling back in Munich where he would spend the rest of his life. Weber kept on painting American landscape scenes for European audiences relying on memory and artistic reconstruction. Even after his return, Weber still showed his paintings in America including at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia i
1876

Personal life

In 1850 his son Carl Weber was born in Philadelphia, who followed in his father's footsteps to become an artist and went on to paint landscapes like his father. Paul had a nephew named Carl Philip
Weber
who also became a painter.

Selection of works

Pastoral Landscape in Summer by Paul Weber

* ''Wooded Landscape with Lake and Mountains'', 1854,

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* ''Hudson River Landscape'', 1854,

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* ''Landscape: Evening'', 1856,

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* ''A Scene in the Catskills'', 1858,

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* ''Chestnut Hill Near Philadelphia'', 1863 and ''Landscape with Two Cows'',

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, Philadelphia, PA * Swiss Landscape, 1859,

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* ''Forest scene'', mid-1800s,

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* ''Summer Landscape'', 1861 and ''Haying Scene'', 1863, Samuel Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, NY * Pennsylvania Landscape, 1862,

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* ''Crater Lake in Scottish Highlands'', 1861 and ''Steep Coast (Mediterranean Landscape)'',1863,

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Awards

* 1858: Silver medal at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia * 1865: Golden medal at the exhibition at the London Crystal Palace

Exhibitions (selection)

* 1901: VIII. International art exhibition in the glass palace, Munich * 1902 Great Berlin Art Exhibition * 1912: Munich annual exhibition in the glass palace * 1917: Paul Weber Memorial at the Heinemann Gallery, Munich * 1918: Paul Weber Darmstädter Kunstverein

References

External links

* https://woodmereartmuseum.org/explore-online/collection/artist/paul-weber * http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/weber_paul.html * https://www.bedfordfineartgallery.com/carl_philipp_weber_sunset.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Weber, Paul 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists 1823 births 1916 deaths Court painters Hudson River School painters