Artist

Harold Weston

born Merion, PA 1894-died New York City 1972
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Courtesy Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Born
Merion, Pennsylvania, United States
Died
New York, New York, United States
Biography

Harold Weston decided to be a painter when he was eleven, but rejected art school and embarked on several years of travel because he felt it was more important “to find out what you wanted to say than how to say it.” He went with the YMCA to the Middle East and, after returning to America, lived for many years as a recluse in the Adirondacks. He had seen firsthand the effects of famine in Asia and worked in several international relief organizations during and after the Second World War. (Wolf, Harold Weston, 1978)

Works by this artist (731 items)

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Joseph Cornell, Untitled (Juan Gris drawing), late 1960s, collage on masonite, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, 2002.58.20
Untitled (Juan Gris drawing)
Artist
Datelate 1960s
collage on masonite
Not on view
Joseph Cornell, Untitled (Rorschach drawing), n.d., drawing, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, 1991.155.408
Untitled (Rorschach drawing)
Artist
Daten.d.
drawing
Not on view
Joseph Cornell, Bonjour M. Balzac (Peau de Chagrin), 1971, collage, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, 1991.155.309
Bonjour M. Balzac (Peau de Chagrin)
Artist
Date1971
collage
Not on view
Joseph Cornell, Untitled (white cockatoo and other birds), 1969-1971, collage, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, 1991.155.297
Untitled (white cockatoo and other birds)
Artist
Date1969-1971
collage
Not on view