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Gyrth Russell BIOGRAPHY
![Portrait of Gyrth Russell: courtesy of the Archives of Ontario <br> photographer M.O. [Melvin Ormond] Hammond.](/assets/artist/84585/russell - photo archives of ontario.jpg)
1892 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia - 1970 Penath, Wales. Known for: Painting, illustration, commercial and war artist, printmaking.
Gyrth Russell RBA, RI, ROI, RSMA (1892 - 1970). Gyrth Russell was an expatriate Canadian painter, illustrator, draughtsman, author, commercial artist, printmaker, and war artist. Though he spent most... Read full biography
Gyrth Russell RBA, RI, ROI, RSMA (1892 - 1970). Gyrth Russell was an expatriate Canadian painter, illustrator, draughtsman, author, commercial artist, printmaker, and war artist. Though he spent most of his life in the British Isles, he established a distinguished reputation early in his career in... Read full biography
Gyrth Russell RBA, RI, ROI, RSMA (1892 - 1970). Gyrth Russell was an expatriate Canadian painter, illustrator, draughtsman, author, commercial artist, printmaker, and war artist. Though he spent most of his life in the British Isles, he established a distinguished reputation early in his career in Canada, and consequently has numerous works in several important museum collections there. Russell was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, a suburb of Halifax and his residence until 1911. He died... Read full biography
Gyrth Russell RBA, RI, ROI, RSMA (1892 - 1970). Gyrth Russell was an expatriate Canadian painter, illustrator, draughtsman, author, commercial artist, printmaker, and war artist. Though he spent most of his life in the British Isles, he established a distinguished reputation early in his career in Canada, and consequently has numerous works in several important museum collections there. Russell was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, a suburb of Halifax and his residence until 1911. He died in Penarth, Wales, a few miles south of Cardiff. He lived in the British Isles almost continuously since the outbreak of World War I when he left school in France and moved to Rye (c. 1915), on the southwest coast of England. He subsequently lived... Read full biography
Gyrth Russell RBA, RI, ROI, RSMA (1892 - 1970). Gyrth Russell was an expatriate Canadian painter, illustrator, draughtsman, author, commercial artist, printmaker, and war artist. Though he spent most of his life in the British Isles, he established a distinguished reputation early in his career in Canada, and consequently has numerous works in several important museum collections there. Russell was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, a suburb of Halifax and his residence until 1911. He died in Penarth, Wales, a few miles south of Cardiff. He lived in the British Isles almost continuously since the outbreak of World War I when he left school in France and moved to Rye (c. 1915), on the southwest coast of England. He subsequently lived in London (c.1919 - 1944); Topsham, Devon (c.1919 - 1944); Yorkshire [possibly near Doncaster, wh... Read full biography
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Gyrth Russell RBA, RI, ROI, RSMA (1892 - 1970)
Gyrth Russell was an expatriate Canadian painter, illustrator, draughtsman, author, commercial artist, printmaker, and war artist. Though he spent most of his life in the British Isles, he established a distinguished reputation early in his career in Canada, and consequently has numerous works in several important museum collections there.
Russell was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, a suburb of Halifax and his residence until 1911. He died in Penarth, Wales, a few miles south of Cardiff. He lived in the British Isles almost continuously since the outbreak of World War I when he left school in France and moved to Rye (c. 1915), on the south...But wait, there's more...
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