biography of Max WEYL (1837-1914)

Birth place: Mühlen-am-Neckar, Germany

Death place: Wash., DC

Addresses: Williamsport, PA; Wash., DC, c.1853, 1883, 1887-96

Profession: Landscape painter

Exhibited: NAD, 1883-96; Brooklyn AA, 1884; Am. Gals., 1883; Boston AC, 1887; Soc. Wash. Artists, 1891 (first prize),1901 (prize), 1904 (prize); PAFA Ann., 1901-03; Corcoran Gal annuals/biennials, 1907-12 (4 times); Phila.; Chicago; National Mus. Am. Art, 1983-94; other Corcoran Gal exh., 1982

Member: Soc.Wash. Artists (pres.); Wash. WCC; Wash. AC (founding mem.)

Work: Corcoran Gallery; NGA; Cosmos Club, Wash., DC; Albright-Knox AG, Buffalo; Virginia Military Inst.; Georgetown Univ.; National Trust Historic Preservation

Comments: One of the most popular landscapes painters of Wash., DC, he worked in the Barbizon style and was often referred to as the "American Daubigny." He came to the U.S. as a boy, was an intinerant watch repairman, and in 1861 opened a jewelry shop in Wash., DC. Shortly thereafter, he also began painting, and by 1878 had achieved enough success to list himself as an artist in the city directory. An 1879 trip to Europe attached him to the Barbizon style, and for the next two decades his landscapes of the Potomac River and Rock Creek valley won him renown.

Sources: G&W; Art Annual, XI, obit.; CAB; WW13; McMahan, Artists of Washington, DC; 300 Years of American Art, vol. 1, 288; Falk, Exh. Record Series.