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1887 Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 1930 Havana, Cuba. Known for: Landscape, city and village, harbor, figure, and genre painting.
John Young Johnstone was a painter and educator. He was born in Montreal where, other than for travel and school, he lived his entire life. He died while visiting Havana, Cuba. His primary mediums... Read full biography
John Young Johnstone was a painter and educator. He was born in Montreal where, other than for travel and school, he lived his entire life. He died while visiting Havana, Cuba. His primary mediums were oil on panel and oil on canvas (1). Works in pencil, ink, pastel and watercolour are rare. His... Read full biography
John Young Johnstone was a painter and educator. He was born in Montreal where, other than for travel and school, he lived his entire life. He died while visiting Havana, Cuba. His primary mediums were oil on panel and oil on canvas (1). Works in pencil, ink, pastel and watercolour are rare. His subjects are landscapes, buildings, urban streets, rural villages, farm houses, harbours, figures and genre. The locations are in and around Montreal, and from his travels in France, Belgium and... Read full biography
John Young Johnstone was a painter and educator. He was born in Montreal where, other than for travel and school, he lived his entire life. He died while visiting Havana, Cuba. His primary mediums were oil on panel and oil on canvas (1). Works in pencil, ink, pastel and watercolour are rare. His subjects are landscapes, buildings, urban streets, rural villages, farm houses, harbours, figures and genre. The locations are in and around Montreal, and from his travels in France, Belgium and Switzerland. His styles are Impressionism and Plein Air. He studied at the Art Association of Montreal (c.1905) under William Brymner and at l'Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris (c.1910) under Lucien Simon, Claudio Castelucho (AKA: Claudio Castelucho... Read full biography
John Young Johnstone was a painter and educator. He was born in Montreal where, other than for travel and school, he lived his entire life. He died while visiting Havana, Cuba. His primary mediums were oil on panel and oil on canvas (1). Works in pencil, ink, pastel and watercolour are rare. His subjects are landscapes, buildings, urban streets, rural villages, farm houses, harbours, figures and genre. The locations are in and around Montreal, and from his travels in France, Belgium and Switzerland. His styles are Impressionism and Plein Air. He studied at the Art Association of Montreal (c.1905) under William Brymner and at l'Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris (c.1910) under Lucien Simon, Claudio Castelucho (AKA: Claudio Castelucho Diana), and Emile-Rene Menard (see all teachers in AskART). He ta... Read full biography
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John Young Johnstone was a painter and educator. He was born in Montreal where, other than for travel and school, he lived his entire life. He died while visiting Havana, Cuba.
His primary mediums were oil on panel and oil on canvas (1). Works in pencil, ink, pastel and watercolour are rare. His subjects are landscapes, buildings, urban streets, rural villages, farm houses, harbours, figures and genre. The locations are in and around Montreal, and from his travels in France, Belgium and Switzerland. His styles are Impressionism and Plein Air.
He studied at the Art Association of Montreal (c.1905) under William Brymner and at l'Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Pa...But wait, there's more...
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