John Peter Russell (16 June 1858 -22 April 1930) was an Australian impressionist painter.
John Peter Russell was born at the Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst, the eldest of four children of John Russell, a Scottish engineer, his wife Charlotte Elizabeth, nee Nicholl, from London. J. P. Russell was a nephew of Sir Peter Nicol Russell. After his father's death J. P. Russell enrolled at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London, on 5 January 1881 and studied under Alphonse Legros for three years.Russell then went to Paris to study painting under Fernand Cormon. (His fellow students there included Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Émile Bernard.) Russell was a man of means and having married a beautiful Italian, Mariana Antoinetta Matiocco, he settled at Belle Île off the coast of Brittany, where he established an artists' colony. He would have 11 children with Matiocco, of whom six survived.
John Peter Russell: Vincent van Gogh, 1886, Van Gogh Museum, AmsterdamRussell had met Vincent van Gogh in Paris and formed a friendship with him. Van Gogh spoke highly of Russell's work, and after his first summer in Arles in 1888 he sent twelve drawings of his paintings to Russell, to inform him about the progress of his work. Claude Monet often worked with Russell at Belle Île and influenced his style, though it has been said that Monet preferred some of Russell's Belle Île seascapes to his own.
Rocher auchien, Clos Marion, Belle-Ile Rocher auchien, Clos Marion, Belle-Ile (oil on canvas, 52 x 61.5 cm) by John Peter Russell (1858-1930).
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Painting ID:: 75561
In the morning, Alpes Maritimes from Antibes In the morning, Alpes Maritimes from Antibes (1890, oil on canvas, 60.3 x 73.2 cm) by John Peter Russell.
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Painting ID:: 75564
In_the_morning,_Alpes_Maritimes_from_Antibes In the morning, Alpes Maritimes from Antibes (1890, oil on canvas, 60.3 x 73.2 cm) by John Peter Russell.
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Madame Sisley on the banks of the Loing at Moret Madame Sisley on the banks of the Loing at Moret (1887, oil on canvas, 45.7 x 60.9 cm) by John Peter Russell (1858-1930).
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Painting ID:: 75566
Madame_Sisley_on_the_banks_of_the_Loing_at_Moret Madame Sisley on the banks of the Loing at Moret (1887, oil on canvas, 45.7 x 60.9 cm) by John Peter Russell (1858-1930).
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John_Peter_Russell (16 June 1858 -22 April 1930) was an Australian impressionist painter.
John Peter Russell was born at the Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst, the eldest of four children of John Russell, a Scottish engineer, his wife Charlotte Elizabeth, nee Nicholl, from London. J. P. Russell was a nephew of Sir Peter Nicol Russell. After his father's death J. P. Russell enrolled at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London, on 5 January 1881 and studied under Alphonse Legros for three years.Russell then went to Paris to study painting under Fernand Cormon. (His fellow students there included Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Émile Bernard.) Russell was a man of means and having married a beautiful Italian, Mariana Antoinetta Matiocco, he settled at Belle Île off the coast of Brittany, where he established an artists' colony. He would have 11 children with Matiocco, of whom six survived.
John Peter Russell: Vincent van Gogh, 1886, Van Gogh Museum, AmsterdamRussell had met Vincent van Gogh in Paris and formed a friendship with him. Van Gogh spoke highly of Russell's work, and after his first summer in Arles in 1888 he sent twelve drawings of his paintings to Russell, to inform him about the progress of his work. Claude Monet often worked with Russell at Belle Île and influenced his style, though it has been said that Monet preferred some of Russell's Belle Île seascapes to his own.