Artist's Retreat: J. Alden Weir's Farm in Connecticut. Weir Farm National Historic Site Historic Resource Study.

摘要

The Weir Farm National Historic Site in Ridgefield and Wilton, Connecticut is a significant part of our national heritage. Established in 1990, it is the only national park dedicated to the stewardship of a property associated with an American painter. As the home and workplace of the noted American impressionist painter J. Alden Weir (1852-1919), the landscape of Weir Farm was the subject of many of his paintings and sketches. This report was commissioned by the National Park Service to provide information about the social, cultural, and commercial context of Weirs work as an artist and teacher; the significance of various locations for his work and family life.