Albert Curtis Williamson - Artist Info

About Albert Curtis Williamson

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Curtis Albert Williamson
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    Curtis Albert Williamson, (also known as Albert Curtis Williamson) was a painter born at Brampton, Ontario 2 Jan 1867; died at Toronto, Ontario, 18 Apr 1944. A founding member 1907 and secretary 1908-09 of the Canadian Art Club and member of its executive council 1910-15, Williamson brought Dutch subject matter and technique to Toronto in the 1890s.

    A founding member 1907 and secretary 1908-09 of the Canadian Art Club and member of its executive council 1910-15, Williamson brought Dutch subject matter and technique to Toronto in the 1890s.

    Nicknamed "the Canadian Rembrandt," and known primarily as a portraitist, he also painted genre scenes, interiors and landscapes, typically in a dark tonal style developed after more than 1...

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