Robert Wylie
Illustration — The Models of Pont-Aven, c. 1870, Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection Robert Wylie (c. 1839 – February 4, 1877), American artist, was born in the Isle of Man and relocated with his parents to the United States as a child.
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Robert Wylie

Robert Wylie · Livre Un regard transatlantique: la collection d'art américain de Daniel J. Terra, Paris: Éditions Adam Biro, 2002. ISBN 9782876603479 · Public domain
- Born
- 1839 · Isle of Man.
- Died
- 1877 · Pont-Aven.
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- United States
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- Pont-Aven School
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- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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Illustration — The Models of Pont-Aven, c. 1870, Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection Robert Wylie (c. 1839 – February 4, 1877), American artist, was born in the Isle of Man and relocated with his parents to the United States as a child.
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Born at Isle of Man in 1839, died in Pont-Aven in 1877.
Robert Wylie studied at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Work by Robert Wylie is recorded in the collections of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Bradford Museums and Galleries.

La Sorcière bretonne, painting by American artist Robert Wylie. En fait le tableau représente une diseuse de bonne aventure.
Robert Wylie

Robert Wylie: Femme de Pont-Aven (1876, huile sur toile, 99 x 74 cm, musée de la coopération franco-américaine, Blérancourt)
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1839
Robert Wylie was born in 1839 at Isle of Man.
1877
Robert Wylie died in 1877 at Pont-Aven.
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- 1.Cité par Jean-François Staszak, Géographies de Gauguin, éditions Bréal, 2003, consultable https://books.google.fr/books?id=id_AUj-DycAC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=Henry+Bacon+Pont-Aven&source=bl&ots=nfBgP0ZZtZ&sig=lD57-kCyYGM3SO1zDSwPnDCQmxw&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=hd-KUuTRJcOStAbNy4CYBg&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Henry%20Bacon%20Pont-Aven&f=false
- 2.Gerald M. Ackerman, Les orientalistes de l'école américaine, ACR éditions, 1994, consultable http://www.google.fr/imgres?imgurl=http://enflanant.hautetfort.com/media/01/01/2776833898.2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://enflanant.hautetfort.com/archives/category/bretagne-et-peintures/index-6.html/&h=696&w=700&sz=135&tbnid=6na7l-1T00Zu9M:&tbnh=102&tbnw=103&zoom=1&usg=__HPzF3YYhgZFt15Ek5-yzWsIckfQ=&docid=f_R0HEUnZEErjM&sa=X&ei=M9mKUuyAC8aLtQbrooGgCw&ved=0CE8Q9QEwBg&dur=3978
- 3.http://www.google.fr/imgres?imgurl=http://enflanant.hautetfort.com/media/01/01/2776833898.2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://enflanant.hautetfort.com/archives/category/bretagne-et-peintures/index-6.html/&h=696&w=700&sz=135&tbnid=6na7l-1T00Zu9M:&tbnh=102&tbnw=103&zoom=1&usg=__HPzF3YYhgZFt15Ek5-yzWsIckfQ=&docid=f_R0HEUnZEErjM&sa=X&ei=M9mKUuyAC8aLtQbrooGgCw&ved=0CE8Q9QEwBg&dur=3978
- 4.Wylie, Robert, 1839-1897. artuk.org.
- 5.https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20230617120159/http://www.arcadja.com/auctions/fr/coquetterie/artwork/promo/7740221/1450539533/.
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