Elihu Vedder

Elihu Vedder
Vedder in 1870
Born(1836-02-26)26 February 1836
Died29 January 1923(1923-01-29) (aged 86)
NationalityAmerican
Known forDrawing
Oil painting
Mural painting
MovementRealism;
Pre-Raphaelites
Spouse
Caroline Rosekrans
(m. 1869)
Children4

Elihu Vedder (26 February 1836 – 29 January 1923) was an American symbolist painter, book illustrator and poet from New York City.[1] He is best known for his fifty-five illustrations for Edward FitzGerald's translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (deluxe edition, published by Houghton Mifflin).

  1. ^ "Vedder, Elihu". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. pp. 1796–1797.