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John Bucknell Russell BIOGRAPHY
1820 Edinburgh, Scotland - 1893 Fochabers, Morayshire, Scotland. Known for: Wildlife, fish painting.
The following information was provided by James Russell:. My great-grandfather John Russell, grew up in Aberdeen Scotland to become a decorator of Catholic churches. He was the son of Joseph Russell... Read full biography
The following information was provided by James Russell:. My great-grandfather John Russell, grew up in Aberdeen Scotland to become a decorator of Catholic churches. He was the son of Joseph Russell and Jean Fraser. The 1841 census shows John Russell as a painter and his uncle was the sculptor... Read full biography
The following information was provided by James Russell:. My great-grandfather John Russell, grew up in Aberdeen Scotland to become a decorator of Catholic churches. He was the son of Joseph Russell and Jean Fraser. The 1841 census shows John Russell as a painter and his uncle was the sculptor George Russell. He began as a house painter, but by his early twenties, John was working as an artist who also carved in wood and worked in lithograph. Russell did not use Bucknell in his name until the... Read full biography
The following information was provided by James Russell:. My great-grandfather John Russell, grew up in Aberdeen Scotland to become a decorator of Catholic churches. He was the son of Joseph Russell and Jean Fraser. The 1841 census shows John Russell as a painter and his uncle was the sculptor George Russell. He began as a house painter, but by his early twenties, John was working as an artist who also carved in wood and worked in lithograph. Russell did not use Bucknell in his name until the 1871 census. The Buck comes from the Fraser Crest and the Nell signifies that his mother was a Fraser. The earliest known painting, in oils, is dated 1841 and signed "J. Russell " : his later work was always signed "John Russell" (not "J. B. Russell"... Read full biography
The following information was provided by James Russell:. My great-grandfather John Russell, grew up in Aberdeen Scotland to become a decorator of Catholic churches. He was the son of Joseph Russell and Jean Fraser. The 1841 census shows John Russell as a painter and his uncle was the sculptor George Russell. He began as a house painter, but by his early twenties, John was working as an artist who also carved in wood and worked in lithograph. Russell did not use Bucknell in his name until the 1871 census. The Buck comes from the Fraser Crest and the Nell signifies that his mother was a Fraser. The earliest known painting, in oils, is dated 1841 and signed "J. Russell " : his later work was always signed "John Russell" (not "J. B. Russell" , as some suggest; that was his son James). James (1867 - 1956 ) also painted the fish carvings before he le... Read full biography
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The following information was provided by James Russell:
My great-grandfather John Russell, grew up in Aberdeen Scotland to become a decorator of Catholic churches. He was the son of Joseph Russell and Jean Fraser. The 1841 census shows John Russell as a painter and his uncle was the sculptor George Russell. He began as a house painter, but by his early twenties, John was working as an artist who also carved in wood and worked in lithograph. Russell did not use Bucknell in his name until the 1871 census. The Buck comes from the Fraser Crest and the Nell signifies that his mother was a Fraser.
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