Elihu Vedder
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Elihu Vedder was a 19th-century American symbolist painter and illustrator best known for his mystical, allegorical works and his influential illustrations for Edward FitzGerald’s translation of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.
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human
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illustrator → painter → symbolist artist → |
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Elihu Vedder
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United States of America
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United States of America
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Italy
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Cooper Union
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National Academy of Design NERFINISHED → |
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Vedder
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book illustration
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symbolist painting → |
| genre |
allegorical painting
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book illustration → |
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Elihu
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Brooklyn Museum
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Metropolitan Museum of Art NERFINISHED → Museum of Fine Arts, Boston NERFINISHED → Smithsonian American Art Museum NERFINISHED → |
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Italian Renaissance art
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classical mythology → mysticism → |
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English
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| movement |
Symbolism
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| notableFor |
illustrations for The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
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mystical and allegorical imagery → |
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Memory
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The Cup of Death NERFINISHED → The Cup of Love NERFINISHED → The Lair of the Sea Serpent NERFINISHED → The Lost Mind NERFINISHED → The Pleiades NERFINISHED → The Questioner of the Sphinx NERFINISHED → The Sphinx of the Seashore NERFINISHED → The Young Marsyas NERFINISHED → illustrations for Edward FitzGerald’s translation of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám → |
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illustrator
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painter → |
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New York City
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Rome
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Boston
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New York City → Rome → |
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Italy
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Paris NERFINISHED → |
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Boston
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New York City → Rome NERFINISHED → |
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Thomas Jefferson Building
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