Elihu Vedder

American · 1836–1923 · Painter, Printmaker

Elihu Vedder was an American symbolist painter, book illustrator and poet from New York City. He is best known for his fifty-five illustrations for Edward FitzGerald's… (Wikipedia)

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Elihu Vedder was an American symbolist painter, book illustrator and poet from New York City. He is best known for his fifty-five illustrations for Edward FitzGerald's translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

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Born 1836, New York CityDied 1923, RomeOccupation Painter, Printmaker, Sculptor, DraughtsmanWikidata Q389726 ↗ULAN 500032587 ↗Museum works 21

realismSymbolism

Also known as e. vedder, Vedder

Works in museum collections

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Elihu Vedder, Nile Journey, Tmui of Ptolemy — **Nile Journey, Tmui of Ptolemy**1890 · black crayon on green wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Davis Hatch Collection — Open Acces…

Elihu Vedder, Dionysian Revelers — **Dionysian Revelers**charcoal and white chalk on green wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Elihu Vedder, Nile Journey, Esneh, Egypt — **Nile Journey, Esneh, Egypt**1890 · black chalk on folded blue paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Davis Hatch Collection — Open Acces…

Elihu Vedder, Study after Old Master — **Study after Old Master**c. 1858 · pen and ink on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Borghi, in Hon…

Elihu Vedder, Study after Domenichino — **Study after Domenichino**c. 1858 · pen and brown ink on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Borghi, in Hon…

Elihu Vedder, Five Heads — **Five Heads**1918
Wikimedia Commons ↗
CC0 · Elihu Vedder, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

Elihu Vedder, Self-Portrait: Caricatures — **Self-Portrait: Caricatures**1918
Wikimedia Commons ↗
CC0 · Elihu Vedder, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

Elihu Vedder, Orvieto — **Orvieto**1890
Wikimedia Commons ↗
CC0 · Elihu Vedder, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

Elihu Vedder, Old Man by a River — **Old Man by a River**1863
Wikimedia Commons ↗
CC0 · Elihu Vedder, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

Elihu Vedder, Capri — **Capri**1913
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CC0 · Elihu Vedder, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

Elihu Vedder, Mt. Colognola - Sheep Grazing on Lake Trasimeno — **Mt. Colognola - Sheep Grazing on Lake Trasimeno**1878
Wikimedia Commons ↗
CC0 · Elihu Vedder, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

Elihu Vedder, The Fates Gathering in the Stars — **The Fates Gathering in the Stars**1887 · Oil on canvas
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Friends of American Art Collection — public domain …

Elihu Vedder, A Glimpse into Hell, or Fear — **A Glimpse into Hell, or Fear**1888–98 · Oil on canvas
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, George F. Harding Collection — public domain (CC0)

Elihu Vedder, Storm in Umbria — **Storm in Umbria**1875 · Oil on canvas
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Nickerson Collection — public domain (CC0)

Elihu Vedder, Three Trees: Italy — **Three Trees: Italy**1871 · oil on card on canvas
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. John C. Newington — Open Access (CC0)

Elihu Vedder, The Music Party — **The Music Party**c. 1875 · oil on panel
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Betty Dunbar Brien in memory of her grandmot…

Elihu Vedder, The Boy — **The Boy**1900–2 · Bronze
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Roger McCormick Fund — public domain (CC0)

Elihu Vedder, Figure Study for Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam — **Figure Study for Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam**c. 1884, reworked 1911 · Black wax crayon and a variety of colored wax crayons with graphite and touches of gold pigment, heightened with white gouache on blue wove paper (discolored) laid down on tan board
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Horace H. Martin — public domain (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), Smithsonian Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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