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John Russell
English Painter, 1745-1806,English pastellist, painter, writer and astronomer. His father, also called John Russell (1711-1804), was a bookseller, printseller and amateur artist. Russell was educated at Guildford grammar school and won premiums from the Society of Artists for drawings in 1759 and 1760. He was apprenticed to Francis Cotes and set up his own practice in 1767. In 1770 he entered the Royal Academy Schools, London, winning the silver medal for figure drawing. He exhibited at the Society of Artists in 1768 and annually at the Royal Academy from 1769 to 1806. He was elected ARA in 1772 and RA in 1788, when he became Crayon Painter to King George III and to George, Prince of Wales. He painted some rather stilted portraits in oil
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Painting ID:: 42192
Portofino
mk167
c.1915
Watercolor
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Painting ID:: 42193
Muscovy bungalow from below
mk167
1920
Watercolou
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Painting ID:: 97154
Portrait of George IV
1791(1791)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 250.2 X 180.3 cm
cyf
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Painting ID:: 97719
Henry Peckwell
oil on canvas
125.5 x 100 cm each
signed c.l. on her portrait: J.R.
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John Russell
English Painter, 1745-1806,English pastellist, painter, writer and astronomer. His father, also called John Russell (1711-1804), was a bookseller, printseller and amateur artist. Russell was educated at Guildford grammar school and won premiums from the Society of Artists for drawings in 1759 and 1760. He was apprenticed to Francis Cotes and set up his own practice in 1767. In 1770 he entered the Royal Academy Schools, London, winning the silver medal for figure drawing. He exhibited at the Society of Artists in 1768 and annually at the Royal Academy from 1769 to 1806. He was elected ARA in 1772 and RA in 1788, when he became Crayon Painter to King George III and to George, Prince of Wales. He painted some rather stilted portraits in oil
. Related Artists to John Russell: | Carl Spitzweg | tidemand | Juliusz Kossak | John callcott horsley,R.A. | DUJARDIN, Karel |
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