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Russell, John

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Born: 1745 AD
Died: 1806 AD, at 61 years of age.

Nationality: English
Categories: Painters

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1745 - Born on March 29th in Guildford, Surrey. John Russell was a divided artist. The finest British pastel artist of his time, he was mainly a portraitist.

1767 - Set up his own studio and traveled around Britain.

1770 - Studied at the Royal Academy, a school of art. He won a gold medal for figure drawing.

1772 - Published his Elements of Painting with Crayons.

1789 - He made the portrait of Francis Willis, a royal physician.

1790 - He was the Crayon Painter to King George III, Queen Charlotte, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York.

1806 - Died on April 20th in Hull from typhus.





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