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During this period, Weir’s art evolved away from the academic style of his training, begun in the West Point studio of his father, Robert Walter Weir, and toward the Impressionism he came to admire following study in France. <I>Connecticut Farm</I> was painted in the midst of this transition; its subject—a peasant-like figure in a rural landscape—recalls the artist’s early work, while its style anticipates the hazy tonalities and Japanese-inspired compositions of Weir’s mature career as a pioneer of American Impressionism.</P></SPAN>","remarks":"K4-6 Rotation July 2014"}],"datebegin":1886,"sortnumber":"1942   63y","published_date":"2026-02-11 09:40:29.834445","objectid":21889,"dimensions":"89.2 x 114.5 cm. (35 1/8 x 45 1/16 in.)\r\nframe: 103.8 × 131.3 × 7 cm (40 7/8 × 51 11/16 × 2 3/4 in.)","on_view":false}