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John Ferguson Weir

American painter and sculptor (1841-1926)
Person human Q6232998

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
August 28, 1841
Date of death
April 8, 1926
Place of birth
West Point
Place of death
Providence
Country of citizenship
United States[11]
Occupation
painter, sculptor
Employer
Yale University, United States Military Academy[12][13]
Father
Robert Walter Weir[8]
Mother
Louisa Weir[9]
Child
Edith Weir Perry[10]
Work location
Lake Como[18]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[20]
Artist files at
Frick Art Research Library, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Described by source
The Encyclopedia Americana[19]
Family name
Weir, Ferguson[15][16]
Given name
John[17]
Has works in the collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Yale University Art Gallery, New York Historical, Harvard Art Museums, Worcester Art Museum, New Britain Museum of American Art[22]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library[21]
P14750
7615-B331-F93F-A30A-0960
Place of burial
Grove Street Cemetery[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en John F. Weir en John Ferguson Weir en John Fergusun Weir en john f. weir ar جون فيرغسون وير he ג'ון פרגוסון וייר it John Weir ja ジョン・ファーガソン・ウィアー
🔖 Identifiers · 42
ISNI
0000000078623890
VIAF cluster ID
1824149068441065730003
Library of Congress authority ID
n86836118
GND ID
12054265X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Robert Walter Weir, Portrait of John Ferguson Weir.jpg ↗
American National Biography ID
1700913
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/65129, people/86858
Art Renewal Center artist ID
2055
Artcyclopedia artist ID
weir_john_ferguson
Artist-info artist ID
309407
Artnet artist ID
john-ferguson-weir
Artsy artist ID
john-ferguson-weir
Show all 42 identifiers +30
AskArt person ID
11394552, 22022
Athenaeum person ID
704
Benezit ID
B00195597
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
135380705
British Museum person or institution ID
145006
Christie's creator ID
50684
DDB person (GND) ID
12054265X
DoME artist ID
13326
Europeana entity
agent/base/846
FAST ID
1758594
Find a Grave memorial ID
134861587
Freebase ID
/m/0f0rh3
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991002711859707141
Geni.com profile ID
6000000006289967577
IdRef ID
050684523
Invaluable.com person ID
4pksvx26e0
Le Delarge artist ID
18963_artiste_WEIR_John_Ferguson
Libraries Australia ID
36584381
Met Constituent ID
162706
Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID
49416
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007324808805171
Open Library ID
OL2530186A
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803121621858
Prabook ID
1109050
RKDartists ID
83425
SNAC ARK ID
w6zc8ggd
Smithsonian American Art Museum person/institution ID
5301
Union List of Artist Names ID
500000669
WikiTree person ID
Weir-5432
Yale LUX ID
person/b42fa5b3-6a68-458d-bb1f-8ce272d37161

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🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 8
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, New York Historical, New Britain Museum of American Art
Employer 2
Yale University, United States Military Academy
Occupation 2
painter, sculptor
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Family name 1
Weir
Father 1
Robert Walter Weir
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Parent of 1
Robert Walter Weir
Place of birth 1
West Point
Place of death 1
Providence
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

John Ferguson Weir was born in West Point[1]. He was born on August 28, 1841[2]. He passed away in Providence[3]. He died on April 8, 1926[4]. He worked as a painter[5] and sculptor[6].

Body

Career and Affiliations

Employers include Yale University[12], a private university[23], in United States[24], founded in 1701[25], headquartered in New Haven[26] and United States Military Academy[13], a military academy[27], in United States[28], founded in 1802[29].

FAQs

Where was John Ferguson Weir born?

John Ferguson Weir was born in West Point[1].

Where did John Ferguson Weir die?

John Ferguson Weir passed away in Providence[3].

Who were John Ferguson Weir's parents?

John Ferguson Weir's father was Robert Walter Weir[8]. John Ferguson Weir's mother was Louisa Weir[9].

What did John Ferguson Weir do for work?

John Ferguson Weir worked as painter[5] and sculptor[6].

Related Entities

Los Angeles County Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Fine Arts Boston United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 7615-B331-F93F-A30A-0960
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  2. 19w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    AskArt person ID → 11394552, 22022
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  3. 21w ago · AleatoryPonderings · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Family name → Weir, Ferguson
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Family name: Weir"
  4. 23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Providence
    Child → Edith Weir Perry
    Instance of → human
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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