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.

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John Peter Russell La Mer a La Spezia oil painting


La Mer a La Spezia
La Mer a La Spezia (1896, oil on canvas, 60 x 72 cm) by John Peter Russell (1858-1930). cjr
Painting ID::  75572
John Peter Russell
La Mer a La Spezia
La Mer a La Spezia (1896, oil on canvas, 60 x 72 cm) by John Peter Russell (1858-1930). cjr
   
   
     

John Peter Russell Pecheur sur falaise oil painting


Pecheur sur falaise
1900, oil on canvas, 61.0 x 78.0 cm) by John Peter Russell cyf
Painting ID::  77404
John Peter Russell
Pecheur sur falaise
1900, oil on canvas, 61.0 x 78.0 cm) by John Peter Russell cyf
   
   
     

John Peter Russell Boys on the Beach Belle lle oil painting


Boys on the Beach Belle lle
oil on canvas, 80.0 x 63.5 cm) by John Peter Russell cyf
Painting ID::  77405
John Peter Russell
Boys on the Beach Belle lle
oil on canvas, 80.0 x 63.5 cm) by John Peter Russell cyf
   
   
     

John Peter Russell Remorqueur sur la Seine oil painting


Remorqueur sur la Seine
oil on canvas, 53 x 64 cm) by John Peter Russell cyf
Painting ID::  77406
John Peter Russell
Remorqueur sur la Seine
oil on canvas, 53 x 64 cm) by John Peter Russell cyf
   
   
     

John Peter Russell Bay of Nice oil painting


Bay of Nice
oil on canvas, 36 x 53 cm) by John Peter Russell cyf
Painting ID::  77407
John Peter Russell
Bay of Nice
oil on canvas, 36 x 53 cm) by John Peter Russell cyf
   
   
     

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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.

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