EDWIN LORD WEEKS

 

EDWIN LORD WEEKS

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SUNDAY Feature on ART of Architecture -By Gautam Shah

Edwin Lord Weeks (1849-1903) was an American Orientalist Painter. He was from Boston, but relocated to Paris, in 1872. Here he became a pupil of Léon Bonnat and Jean-Léon Gérôme. He was an avid traveller, and journeyed to South America (1869), Egypt and Persia (1870), Morocco (frequently between 1872 and 1878), and India (1882–83). He made many voyages to the East. He documented and commented on his travel adventures.

Weeks, style of art was well detailed with form emerging distinctly. His selection of the scene composition was well organized. 

 

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SAMUEL JOHN PEPLOE

 

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SUNDAY Feature on ART of Architecture -by Gautam Shah

Samuel John Peploe (1871-1935) was a Scottish Artist of Post-impressionist flavour. His work was mainly of still-lifes and landscapes in Scotland and France. Each was carefully composed and meticulously executed. He was one of the group of four painters that became known as the Scottish Colourists (others were John Duncan Fergusson, Francis Cadell and Leslie Hunter).

Peploe studied at the Royal Scottish Academy schools from 1893 to 1894, and then at the Académie Julian and Académie Colarossi in Paris. He was strongly influenced by French painting throughout his life. He was inspired by the bright sunlight and rustic realism of French artists. He tried that with use of bold colours and impasto strokes. He experimented with abstract, but not as intensively. His landscapes have neat composition, and meticulous execution. Peploe ’s still-life works show the influence of Manet. 

 

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