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1861 Banff, Scotland - 1933 St. Stephen, New Brunswick. Known for: Society portraits, landscape and coastal view painting, drawing.
George Horne Russell RCA (1861 - 1933). George Horne Russell (AKA: G. Horne Russell) was a painter, draftsman and a President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts*. He was born in Banff, Scotland... Read full biography
George Horne Russell RCA (1861 - 1933). George Horne Russell (AKA: G. Horne Russell) was a painter, draftsman and a President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts*. He was born in Banff, Scotland and emigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1890. He lived there and at his summer home in St.... Read full biography
George Horne Russell RCA (1861 - 1933). George Horne Russell (AKA: G. Horne Russell) was a painter, draftsman and a President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts*. He was born in Banff, Scotland and emigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1890. He lived there and at his summer home in St. Andrews, New Brunswick for the rest of his life. After a brief illness he died at Chipman Memorial Hospital in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, a town about 15 miles north of St. Andrews. (1). His primary medium... Read full biography
George Horne Russell RCA (1861 - 1933). George Horne Russell (AKA: G. Horne Russell) was a painter, draftsman and a President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts*. He was born in Banff, Scotland and emigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1890. He lived there and at his summer home in St. Andrews, New Brunswick for the rest of his life. After a brief illness he died at Chipman Memorial Hospital in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, a town about 15 miles north of St. Andrews. (1). His primary medium was oil on canvas and his primary subject was commissioned society portraits. He is also famous for several monumental paintings of the Rocky Mountains commissioned by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Grand Trunk Railway [now the Canadian... Read full biography
George Horne Russell RCA (1861 - 1933). George Horne Russell (AKA: G. Horne Russell) was a painter, draftsman and a President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts*. He was born in Banff, Scotland and emigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1890. He lived there and at his summer home in St. Andrews, New Brunswick for the rest of his life. After a brief illness he died at Chipman Memorial Hospital in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, a town about 15 miles north of St. Andrews. (1). His primary medium was oil on canvas and his primary subject was commissioned society portraits. He is also famous for several monumental paintings of the Rocky Mountains commissioned by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Grand Trunk Railway [now the Canadian National Railway]. (2). His other mediums included watercolor, pen & ink, charcoal, pencil and mixed mediums.... Read full biography
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George Horne Russell RCA (1861 - 1933)
George Horne Russell (AKA: G. Horne Russell) was a painter, draftsman and a President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts*.
He was born in Banff, Scotland and emigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1890. He lived there and at his summer home in St. Andrews, New Brunswick for the rest of his life. After a brief illness he died at Chipman Memorial Hospital in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, a town about 15 miles north of St. Andrews. (1)
His primary medium was oil on canvas and his primary subject was commissioned society portraits. He is also famous for several monumental paintings of the Rocky Mountains commissioned by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Grand Trunk Ra...But wait, there's more...
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