Artist
Louis Welden Hawkins

French, 1849–1910
Louis Welden Hawkins was a French Impressionism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at National Gallery of Art. Louis Welden Hawkins was born in Esslingen am Neckar.
Louis Welden Hawkins (1 July 1849 – 1 May 1910) was an English and naturalized-French painter of the fin-de-siècle period. He was a member of the Symbolist movement and is best known for his pensive, dreamlike female portraits. He moved in the leading Symbolist circles of the late 19th century, counting Stéphane Mallarmé, Robert de Montesquiou, and Auguste Rodin among his associates. His art was also influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
