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WYLIE, ROBERT (1839—1877)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 872 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WYLIE, See also:ROBERT (1839—1877) , See also:American artist, was See also:born in the Isle of See also:Man in 1839. He was taken to the See also:United States when a See also:child, and studied in the See also:schools of the See also:Pennsylvania See also:Academy of the See also:Fine Arts, See also:Philadelphia, the See also:directors of which sent him to See also:France in 1863 to study. He won a See also:medal of the second class at the See also:Paris See also:Salon of 1872. He went to See also:Pont Aven, See also:Brittany, in the See also:early sixties, where he remained until his See also:death on the 4th of See also:February 1877. He painted See also:Breton peasants and scenes in the See also:history of Brittany; among his important See also:works was a large See also:canvas, " The Death of a Vendean See also:Chief," now at the See also:Metropolitan Museum of See also:Art, New See also:York.

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