Robert Wylie (artist)

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.

Wylie studied in the schools of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, later serving as a curator.

[1] In 1863, the directors of the Pennsylvania Academy sent Wylie to France to study.

He painted Breton peasants and scenes in the history of Brittany; among his important works was a large canvas, "The Death of a Vendean Chief," now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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