John Peter Russell

(16 June 1858 -22 April 1930) was an Australian impressionist painter. John Peter Russell was born at the Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst, the eldest of four children of John Russell, a Scottish engineer, his wife Charlotte Elizabeth, nee Nicholl, from London. J. P. Russell was a nephew of Sir Peter Nicol Russell. After his father's death J. P. Russell enrolled at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London, on 5 January 1881 and studied under Alphonse Legros for three years.Russell then went to Paris to study painting under Fernand Cormon. (His fellow students there included Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Émile Bernard.) Russell was a man of means and having married a beautiful Italian, Mariana Antoinetta Matiocco, he settled at Belle Île off the coast of Brittany, where he established an artists' colony. He would have 11 children with Matiocco, of whom six survived. John Peter Russell: Vincent van Gogh, 1886, Van Gogh Museum, AmsterdamRussell had met Vincent van Gogh in Paris and formed a friendship with him. Van Gogh spoke highly of Russell's work, and after his first summer in Arles in 1888 he sent twelve drawings of his paintings to Russell, to inform him about the progress of his work. Claude Monet often worked with Russell at Belle Île and influenced his style, though it has been said that Monet preferred some of Russell's Belle Île seascapes to his own.


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John Peter Russell Rocher auchien oil


Rocher auchien
Painting ID::  77408
Rocher auchien
(oil on canvas, 52 x 61.5 cm) by John Peter Russell cyf
(oil_on_canvas,_52_x_61.5_cm)_by_John_Peter_Russell cyf
   
   
     

John Peter Russell Belle lle en mer oil


Belle lle en mer
Painting ID::  77409
Belle lle en mer
1898, oil on canvas, 65 x 65.5 cm) by John Peter Russell cyf
   
   
     

John Peter Russell Roc Toul oil


Roc Toul
Painting ID::  77410
Roc Toul
1904, oil on canvas, 98.4 x 128 cm) by John Peter Russell cyf
   
   
     

John Peter Russell Les Aiguilles oil


Les Aiguilles
Painting ID::  77411
Les Aiguilles
1890, oil on canvas, 40.4 x 64.7 cm) by John Peter Russell cyf
   
   
     

John Peter Russell In the morning oil


In the morning
Painting ID::  77412
In the morning
1890, oil on canvas, 60.3 x 73.2 cm) by John Peter Russell (1858?C1930). cyf
   
   
     

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     John Peter Russell
     (16 June 1858 -22 April 1930) was an Australian impressionist painter. John Peter Russell was born at the Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst, the eldest of four children of John Russell, a Scottish engineer, his wife Charlotte Elizabeth, nee Nicholl, from London. J. P. Russell was a nephew of Sir Peter Nicol Russell. After his father's death J. P. Russell enrolled at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London, on 5 January 1881 and studied under Alphonse Legros for three years.Russell then went to Paris to study painting under Fernand Cormon. (His fellow students there included Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Émile Bernard.) Russell was a man of means and having married a beautiful Italian, Mariana Antoinetta Matiocco, he settled at Belle Île off the coast of Brittany, where he established an artists' colony. He would have 11 children with Matiocco, of whom six survived. John Peter Russell: Vincent van Gogh, 1886, Van Gogh Museum, AmsterdamRussell had met Vincent van Gogh in Paris and formed a friendship with him. Van Gogh spoke highly of Russell's work, and after his first summer in Arles in 1888 he sent twelve drawings of his paintings to Russell, to inform him about the progress of his work. Claude Monet often worked with Russell at Belle Île and influenced his style, though it has been said that Monet preferred some of Russell's Belle Île seascapes to his own.

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