John Ferguson Weir

John Ferguson Weir (Agusta 28, 1841 - Afrilu 26, 1926) ɗan asalin Amurka ne, mai zane-zane, marubuci, kuma malami. Ya kasance ɗan mai zane Robert Walter Weir, farfesa na dogon lokaci na zane a Kwalejin Soja a West Point . Yayansa, J. Alden Weir, shi ma ya zama sanannen mai zane wanda ya zana a cikin salon Impressionism na Amurka. Yar uwarsa ta kasance mai zane-zane kuma malami Irene Weir .

 Tarihin rayuwa 
An haife shi a ranar 28 ga watan Agusta, 1841, a West Point, New York, kuma ya yi karatu tare da mahaifinsa Robert Walter Weir da kuma National Academy, New York. Yayinda yake saurayi, ya yi aiki a kan zane-zane na rayuwa kuma ya zama ƙwararre a cikin shimfidar wurare. A shekara ta 1862, a lokacin ranar haihuwarsa ta 21, mai kula da fasaha Robert Leighton Stuart ya ba shi izini don zana wani wuri mai faɗi na West Point wanda ya kira Hudson Highlands, West Point, Summer Afternoon . An kuma san shi da View of the Hudson Highlands, West Point .  Wannan kwamishinan ya gabatar da shi ga duniyar fasaha ta Birnin New York, kuma ya kai shi ga hayar ƙaramin ɗaki a cikin Tenth Street Studio, inda ya saba da yawancin matasa masu zane-zane na ranar.

Babban aikinsa na gaba shine An Artist's Studio, yana nuna mahaifinsa yana zanen a cikin ɗakinsa. An gama shi a 1864 sannan aka nuna shi a Athenaeum Club da National Academy of Design . Aikin ya zama babban sayarwa na farko, kuma ya haifar da zabensa a matsayin abokin tarayya na Kwalejin Kasa.

Weir ya zama mai sha'awar masana'antar West Point Iron da Cannon, a fadin Hudson daga West Point, masana'antar da ta kera mafi yawan manyan bindigogi ga Tarayyar a lokacin yakin basasa. Babban aikinsa na uku shine The Gun Foundry, 1866, wani abu mai ban mamaki na masana'antar ciki wanda ke nuna simintin Parrott Gun. An karɓi wannan aikin sosai a baje kolin bazara na 1866 na Kwalejin Zane ta Kasa kuma ya haifar da zabensa a matsayin cikakken masanin kimiyya.

Babban zanensa na huɗu shi ne Forging the Shaft, 1868. An kuma fentin shi a West Point Foundry, amma bayan ƙarshen Yaƙin basasa, kuma ya nuna ƙirƙirar babban shaft don motar jirgin ruwa. An nuna shi a Kwalejin a 1868, an kuma karɓa sosai. Wutar ta lalata shi a 1869, kuma Weir ya zana kwatankwacin tsakanin 1874 da 1877. 

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Rukuni:Haifaffun 1841