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1806 Coleraine, Ireland - 1881 Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Known for: Painting, drawing, lithography, wood engraving, etching, silhouettes.
James Duncan ARCA (1806 - 1881). An important early Canadian, painter, printmaker, draftsman, illustrator, photographer and educator, James Duncan was born in Coleraine, Ireland; immigrated to Lower... Read full biography
James Duncan ARCA (1806 - 1881). An important early Canadian, painter, printmaker, draftsman, illustrator, photographer and educator, James Duncan was born in Coleraine, Ireland; immigrated to Lower Canada (now Quebec) in 1825; and died in Montreal, Quebec, where he had been living since about... Read full biography
James Duncan ARCA (1806 - 1881). An important early Canadian, painter, printmaker, draftsman, illustrator, photographer and educator, James Duncan was born in Coleraine, Ireland; immigrated to Lower Canada (now Quebec) in 1825; and died in Montreal, Quebec, where he had been living since about 1830. His life and work are illustrated and discussed in numerous Canadian art history books, dozens of his paintings and prints are in Canadian museums, and his painting "Montreal from the Mountain" was... Read full biography
James Duncan ARCA (1806 - 1881). An important early Canadian, painter, printmaker, draftsman, illustrator, photographer and educator, James Duncan was born in Coleraine, Ireland; immigrated to Lower Canada (now Quebec) in 1825; and died in Montreal, Quebec, where he had been living since about 1830. His life and work are illustrated and discussed in numerous Canadian art history books, dozens of his paintings and prints are in Canadian museums, and his painting "Montreal from the Mountain" was exhibited in the National Gallery of Canada's 1967 Canadian centennial exhibition "Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art". His most well-known subjects were scenes of Montreal; he also painted portraits, landscapes, maps, waterfalls, Indians,... Read full biography
James Duncan ARCA (1806 - 1881). An important early Canadian, painter, printmaker, draftsman, illustrator, photographer and educator, James Duncan was born in Coleraine, Ireland; immigrated to Lower Canada (now Quebec) in 1825; and died in Montreal, Quebec, where he had been living since about 1830. His life and work are illustrated and discussed in numerous Canadian art history books, dozens of his paintings and prints are in Canadian museums, and his painting "Montreal from the Mountain" was exhibited in the National Gallery of Canada's 1967 Canadian centennial exhibition "Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art". His most well-known subjects were scenes of Montreal; he also painted portraits, landscapes, maps, waterfalls, Indians, interiors, historic events, current events and genre*. His mediums included watercolor, pastel, gouache*, oil, ink, pencil, miniature on ivory, lithograph... Read full biography
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Keywords (47)
Art Method
- •Book Illustration
- •Cartography, Mapmaking, Globes, Topography
- •Decorative Art, Decoration Design, Ornamental Arts
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Miniature Art
- •Painting, Fine Art
- •Photography as Fine Art
Art Media
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Ivory
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Woodblock, Woodcut, Wood Engraving
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Birdseye Town, Early Settlement View
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Interior Scenes
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Silhouettes, Silhouette Portraiture
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
- •Sports Figures, Athletes, Genre, Events
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
- •Waterfalls
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Canada Before 1900
Art Association
- •Montreal Society of Artists
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Elected Member
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Watercolor Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Irish
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Expo '67, Montreal (Centennial Exhibition)
- •Quebec Provincial Exhibition, Montreal
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Art Association of Montreal/Montreal Museum of Fine Art
- •Society of Canadian Artists, 1867-1873,
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Gallery of Ontario
- •National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
- •Quebec Museum of Fine Arts