Monday, September 11, 2023

 Elihu Vedder
(1836 - 1923)

Elihu Vedder was an American symbolist painter, book illustrator, and poet, born in New York City. He is best known for his fifty-five illustrations for Edward FitzGerald's translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (deluxe edition, published by Houghton Mifflin).


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elihu_Vedder


The Water Nymph
1878
Oil on Canvas
86,4 x 53,2 cm
Private Collection

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