Legacy of a Landscape: Weir Farm

The film offers a helpful introduction to Weir Farm National Historic Site. Learn about Julian Alden Weir's artistic transformation from an academically trained portrait/still-life painter to one of the pioneers of American Impressionism, and how the landscape of Weir Farm National Historic Site was integral to that process. The film also examines the roles of Dorothy Weir Young, Mahonri Young, Doris Andrews, and Sperry Andrews in preserving Weir's artistic legacy and his Branchville farm.
Learn more about Weir Farm National Historic Site at www.nps.gov/wefa