Robert Wylie

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This article is about the 19th century American artist. For the 20th century Canadian folk artist, see Robert A. Wylie.
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Robert Wylie (1839 - February 4, 1877), American artist, was born in the Isle of Man.

He was taken to the United States when a child.

Wylie studied in the schools of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, later serving a curator. His early work as a sculptor in Philadelphia is little known, with only a few works positively attributed to him.[1]

In 1863 the directors of the Pennsylvania Academy sent Wylie to France to study. He won a medal of the second class at the Paris Salon of 1872.

He went to Pont-Aven, Brittany, in the early sixties, where he remained until his death. He painted Breton peasants and scenes in the history of Brittany; among his important works was a large canvas, "The Death of a Vendean Chief," now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Wylie died 4 February 1877, in Pont-Aven, France.

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This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

  1. ^ Myers, Julia Rowland. "Robert Wylie: Philadelphia sculptor, 1856-1863", Archives of American Art Journal, v. 40 no. 1/2 (2000) p. 4-17.




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