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19TH & 20TH CENTURY
Wesley Elbridge Webber (American, 1839 - 1914)
The Dream Catch
Oil on Canvas, Signed (l.r.) “Wesley Webber”
32” x 40” overall
Price Available Upon Request
Wesley Elbridge Webber Biography
Landscape and Marine Painter Wesley Webber was born in Gardiner, Maine and died in Wollaston, Massachusettes in November 1914. He lived in Boston from 1870 to 1890 and in New York City from 1892 and was self taught. He is considered one of the finer landscape painters who painted from life in the Conway area of New Hampshire and along the New England Coast. He is reminiscent of the Hudson River School in style and manner.
Webber served in the Civil War (Company B of the Sixteenth Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment) and was present at General Lee's surrender at Appomattox. His original sketches made at the surrender, along with his finished illustrations of the Civil War were shown at the Boston Art Club and brought Webber considerable fame, recognition, and fortune. Many of his Civil War Scenes were published as wood engravings in Harper's Weekly and as lithographs published by J.H. Bufford of Boston. He was discharged from Civil War Service in Augusta, Maine June 15th 1865 and after, opened a Studio in Gardiner where he became a carriage painter. Thereafter, Webber earned a reputation as a fine landscape and marine painter.
Wesley Webber's paintings are held in numerous private and public collections including George Walter Vincent Smith Museum, Peabody Essex Museum, and The Brooklyn Museum of Art.