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1822 Dublin, Ireland - 1914 Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Known for: Landscape, portrait, still life, marine, and genre painting, photography.
William Wallace Armstrong (AKA: William Armstrong) (1) was a painter, photographer, illustrator and educator. His watercolors of 19th-century frontier life, in a style similar to Paul Kane (2) and... Read full biography
William Wallace Armstrong (AKA: William Armstrong) (1) was a painter, photographer, illustrator and educator. His watercolors of 19th-century frontier life, in a style similar to Paul Kane (2) and George Catlin, are extraordinary first hand images of the Victorian era. Consequently, his works are... Read full biography
William Wallace Armstrong (AKA: William Armstrong) (1) was a painter, photographer, illustrator and educator. His watercolors of 19th-century frontier life, in a style similar to Paul Kane (2) and George Catlin, are extraordinary first hand images of the Victorian era. Consequently, his works are not only treasured for their aesthetics but, equally for their documentation of life in early Canada. He was born in Dublin, Ireland; emigrated to Canada in 1851; and died in Toronto, Ontario where he... Read full biography
William Wallace Armstrong (AKA: William Armstrong) (1) was a painter, photographer, illustrator and educator. His watercolors of 19th-century frontier life, in a style similar to Paul Kane (2) and George Catlin, are extraordinary first hand images of the Victorian era. Consequently, his works are not only treasured for their aesthetics but, equally for their documentation of life in early Canada. He was born in Dublin, Ireland; emigrated to Canada in 1851; and died in Toronto, Ontario where he had lived most of his life. His primary medium was watercolor. However, there are also works by him in oil, gouache*, ink, ink wash, pencil, pastel, mixed mediums, hand colored etching*, wood engraving* and lithography*. He, apparently, also worked... Read full biography
William Wallace Armstrong (AKA: William Armstrong) (1) was a painter, photographer, illustrator and educator. His watercolors of 19th-century frontier life, in a style similar to Paul Kane (2) and George Catlin, are extraordinary first hand images of the Victorian era. Consequently, his works are not only treasured for their aesthetics but, equally for their documentation of life in early Canada. He was born in Dublin, Ireland; emigrated to Canada in 1851; and died in Toronto, Ontario where he had lived most of his life. His primary medium was watercolor. However, there are also works by him in oil, gouache*, ink, ink wash, pencil, pastel, mixed mediums, hand colored etching*, wood engraving* and lithography*. He, apparently, also worked in collodion wet-plate photography (3); however, few photographs have survived; the author was unable to find an example... Read full biography
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William Wallace Armstrong (AKA: William Armstrong) (1) was a painter, photographer, illustrator and educator. His watercolors of 19th-century frontier life, in a style similar to Paul Kane (2) and George Catlin, are extraordinary first hand images of the Victorian era. Consequently, his works are not only treasured for their aesthetics but, equally for their documentation of life in early Canada.
He was born in Dublin, Ireland; emigrated to Canada in 1851; and died in Toronto, Ontario where he had lived most of his life.
His primary medium was watercolor. However, there are also works by him in oil, gouache*, ink, ink wash, pencil, pastel, mixed mediums, hand colored etching*, wood engraving* and lithography*. ...But wait, there's more...
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