James Waltham (JW) Curtis - Artist Info

About James Waltham (JW) Curtis

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J W Curtis
  • Biography

    James Waltham Curtis (c. 1839 – September 18, 1901), possibly born Charles James Waltham Curtis, was an English-born painter, illustrator, and photographic colourist who became an early practitioner of a distinctively Australian style of art.

    Details of the early life of James Waltham Curtis are sketchy. His death record in Melbourne in 1901, indicating he was b...

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