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1879 Binbrook, Ontario, Canada - 1959 Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Known for: Portrait, nude figure and street scene, teaching.
John Wentworth Russell (1879 – 1959). “… controversy erupted over the exhibition in 1927 of an academic nude painting by John Wentworth Russell at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto.... Read full biography
John Wentworth Russell (1879 – 1959). “… controversy erupted over the exhibition in 1927 of an academic nude painting by John Wentworth Russell at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto. During its ten day run, the CNE Art Gallery broke all previous attendance records as 158,888 people... Read full biography
John Wentworth Russell (1879 – 1959). “… controversy erupted over the exhibition in 1927 of an academic nude painting by John Wentworth Russell at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto. During its ten day run, the CNE Art Gallery broke all previous attendance records as 158,888 people filed through the gallery…” (1). A prominent Canadian painter, draftsman, and educator, John Wentworth Russell was born in Binbrook, Ontario (near Hamilton); lived in Paris, France for over 20 years... Read full biography
John Wentworth Russell (1879 – 1959). “… controversy erupted over the exhibition in 1927 of an academic nude painting by John Wentworth Russell at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto. During its ten day run, the CNE Art Gallery broke all previous attendance records as 158,888 people filed through the gallery…” (1). A prominent Canadian painter, draftsman, and educator, John Wentworth Russell was born in Binbrook, Ontario (near Hamilton); lived in Paris, France for over 20 years (c. 1904 – 1927); and, died in Toronto, Ontario where he had lived since 1927. While living in Paris he exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Francais*. In Canada his works were exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts*, and the... Read full biography
John Wentworth Russell (1879 – 1959). “… controversy erupted over the exhibition in 1927 of an academic nude painting by John Wentworth Russell at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto. During its ten day run, the CNE Art Gallery broke all previous attendance records as 158,888 people filed through the gallery…” (1). A prominent Canadian painter, draftsman, and educator, John Wentworth Russell was born in Binbrook, Ontario (near Hamilton); lived in Paris, France for over 20 years (c. 1904 – 1927); and, died in Toronto, Ontario where he had lived since 1927. While living in Paris he exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Francais*. In Canada his works were exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts*, and the Ontario Society of Artists*; and, in 1927, his nude painting entitled A Modern Fantasy was famously credited with breaking all atten... Read full biography
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