Artist: John Russell (1746 - 1806)
Nationality: British
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
John Russell began his career as an apprentice to Francis Cotes before beginning his own studio in 1767. He was a skillful pastel painter who produced mostly portraits, although he created a few genre scenes. Russell was also interested in astronomy and produced oil and watercolor paintings of the moon. In 1780, he published “The Elements of Painting in Crayon,” an important publication for understanding the technique and materials. He also wrote a recipe book for pastel manufacturing. Russell joined the Royal Academy in 1788 and was appointed Crayon Painter to George III.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Robert Shurlock (1779-1847), 1801 John Russell (British, 1745-1806)Pastel on paper, laid down on canvas; 23
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Mrs. Shurlock, 1801 John Russell (British, 1745-1806)Pastel on paper; 24 x 17 7/8 in. (61
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Mrs. Robert Shurlock (Henrietta Ann Jane Russell, 1775-1849) and Her Daughter Ann, 1801 John Russell
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John Singleton Copley - Mrs. James Russell (Katherine Graves) c. 1770 oil on canvas North Carolina Museum of Art American
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John Russell Mrs. Peckwell colored chalks circa 1775
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D.J. Pound The Right Honorable Lord John Russell, M.P. for the City of London 19th - 20th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Mrs. William Man Godschall (Sarah Godschall, born 1730), 1791 John Russell (British, 1745-1806)Pastel on paper,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
William Man Godschall (1720-1802), 1791 John Russell (British, 1745-1806)Pastel on paper, laid down on canvas;
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Robert Shurlock (1779-1847) Attributed to John Russell (British, 1745-1806)Pastel on paper; 23 7/8 x 17
Museum of Fine Arts -
John Singleton Copley, American, 1738-1815 Corkscrew Hanging on a Nail late 1760s Oil on panel
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Mrs. J.W. Russell Tidy with spiral designs circa 1878
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Willam Russell Flint Eve Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Gilbert Stuart - Russell Sturgis (1750-1826) c. 1806 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Willam Russell Flint Danae Drypoint 19th - 20th century
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Charles M. Russell Title: The Death Song of Lone Wolf Date: 1901 Medium: oil
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Charles M. Russell Title: The Signal Fire Date: 1897 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions:
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Murphy A 146C Wireless Console Radio, Gordon Russell Ltd.  (Manufactured by), designed 1948, Mahogany veneer, plastic, metal
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Willam Russell Flint Sand and Sea watercolor on paper mounted on board circa 1925
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Willam Russell Flint Gelinda's Precaution Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Willam Russell Flint Slippery Steps Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Willam Russell Flint Prison Door Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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John Smibert, American (born in Scotland), 1688-1751 Judge Charles Chambers 1743 Oil on canvas 121.6
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Jean Hélion, French, 1904-1987 Untitled 1932 Oil on canvas 64.7 x 53.7 cm (25 1/2
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Noel Rockmore - Young Man At Window (Portrait of Russell Thomas) 1958 oil Hirshhorn Museum American
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Andy Warhol - American Indian Series (Russell Means) 1976 acrylic and silkscre Dayton Arts Institute American
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Bertrand Russell and Wife, Lewis Morley (Hong Kong, born 1925) , circa 1961, printed 1970s, Gelatin-silver print on Argenta paper
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John Singer Sargent, American, 1856-1925 Double-sided drawing: a. (Recto)Sketch of Lady Russell (Ada Williams), b.
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Russell T. Gordon Sky Vision color intaglio 1974
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Russell T. Gordon Skyscrape color intaglio 1974
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Russell T. Gordon untitled color monotype 1981
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Scene of Battle, Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Russell T. Gordon Tulip Table color lithograph 1974
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Costume Sketch of Cyd Charisse as Bianca Russell Arden in the unfinished film ’Something’s Got to Give’, Jean (Berthault) Louis (France, 1907 - 1997) , 1962, Ink and gouache on paper
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John Singer Sargent, American, 1856-1925 Edith, Lady Playfair (Edith Russell) 1884 Oil on canvas 152.08
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John Singleton Copley, American, 1738-1815 Mrs. Samuel Henley (Katherine Russell) about 1765 Pastel on paper
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Sir George Hayter The Judgement of Lord Russell Etching 1825
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John Russell, British, 1745-1806 Portrait of Mrs. Thomas Raikes (?) Pastel on paper 29.8 x
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Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528 The Head of John the Baptist brought to Herodias 1511 Woodcut
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Russell T. Gordon A Good Place to Live color intaglio 1974
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Charles Marion Russell Will Rogers on Horseback bronze 19th - 20th century
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Russell Patterson Showgirl, design for for Life Magazine graphite, ink, and watercolor 1933
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Russell T. Gordon Untitled Color monotype, Achenbach proof 1981
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Leonard Russell Squirrell Ebb Tide, Woodbridge 19th - 20th century
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Leonard Russell Squirrell Steps of St. Paul 19th - 20th century
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John Singleton Copley, American, 1738-1815 John Hancock 1765 Oil on canvas 100.01 x 124.78 cm
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Charles M. Russell Title: Spearing a Buffalo Date: n.d. Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions:
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Leonard Russell Squirrell The High Mill Mezzotint 19th - 20th century
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Leonard Russell Squirrell Two figures in front of a house 19th - 20th century
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Jacobus Houbraken (William Russell Earl of Bedford) circa 1738
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Russell T. Limbach Approaching Storm Etching and aquatint 20th century
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Charles M. Russell Title: Antelope Date: 1894 Medium: watercolor over graphite Dimensions: H.20 x
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Russell T. Limbach Two painters (student and teacher) Lithograph 20th century
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Piscine, Morgan Russell (United States, New York, New York City, 1886 - 1953) , 1933, Oil on canvas
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Shacks, Russell Crotty (United States, California, San Rafael, born 1956) , 1992, Ink and pencil on paper
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Ann Harding, Russell Ball (United States, circa 1894 - 1942) , circa 1938, Gelatin-silver print
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Rosalind Russell, George Hurrell (United States, 1904 - 1992) , circa 1932, Gelatin-silver print
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Warren's Portraits, Boston James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) albumen print 19th century
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Norman Orr Bill Graham Presents (252) Leon Russell; Miles Davis, Fillmore West, 10/15-18/70 lithograph 197
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Frosty Acres, Russell Crotty (United States, California, San Rafael, born 1956) , 1991, Monoprint on paper
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Arts and Crafts Side Table, Gordon Russell (England, London, 1892 - 1980)  (Designed by), 1931, Cherry

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (40)
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Queensland Art Gallery: Belle-Ile: Monet, Russell and Matisse in Brittany
In the late nineteenth century these artists were all drawn to Belle-Île, off the coast of Brittany, France, by their desire to capture on canvas the island’s dramatic, storm-tossed coastline...
Moot Gallery: Redrawn: Niki Russell
Russell will develop these actions in what he considers his ‘spare time’. Starting when the exhibition opens he will make several visits to the space each week, offering visitors the potential to either chance upon him working in the space or to s...
Art Gallery of New South Wales: Belle-Ile: Monet, Russell and Matisse in Brittany
Today, its population of 4,000 predominantly survive on tourism and fishing. The natural ...
Fort Point Arts Community Gallery: Flat, Square, and on the Wall: Photographs by Peter Harris and Paintings by Adie Russell.
Peter Harris will be showing 5 large c-prints that continue his exploration of photography as a recording medium and the photograph as a material object in and of itself. The photographs shown will include cloud/grid, wire, and recent macro work...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Color, Myth, and Music:Stanton Macdonald-Wright and Synchromism
Among his many accomplishments, Stanton Macdonald-Wright, along with fellow American painter Morgan Russell, fathered the Synchromism movement. Convinced that color and sound were equivalent phenomena and that one could o...
Art Gallery of New South Wales: Russell Drysdale: Sunday evening, 1941
Painted in 1941, this work is of seminal importance in the development of Drysdale’s unique vision. As one of the artist’s earliest paintings with an inland th...
Eiteljorg Museum of American and Western Art: Remington and Russell: Masterpieces of the American West from the Amon Carter Museum
The Amon Carter Museum is closed while it undergoes a major facility expansion. The Eiteljorg Museum saw this as an opportunity to bring some of the world's most famous paintings to the Midwest. John Van...
John Russell Gallery: Nicola Slattery: New Works
Although paintings by Slattery now command upwards of two or three thousand pounds her hand made limited edition prints can still be bought for less than five hundred making them accessible and ver...
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College: The Power of Appearances: Renaissance and Reformation Portrait Prints
The exhibition of 62 prints is organized by the National Lending Service of the National Gallery of Art in Washington. It will comprise prints ranging in date from 1500 to 1601. Together, they suggest that the portrait is inextricable from its so...
Oakland Museum of California: Tony Natsoulas: At the Scultpure Court
Tony Natsoulas was born in 1959 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He earned a Masters of Fine Art from The University of California at Davis in 1985. Natsoulas has shown in numerous group and solo exhibtions in Cali...
Southwest School of Art and Craft / Russell Hill Rogers Galleries: Exhibitions Connect Photography, Collage, Textiles to Explore Nature of Truth, Societal Concerns
Zoë Sheehan Saldaña, from Brooklyn, NY, will exhibit works combining photographic and textile techniques in pixilated fiber images. In addition to this solo exhibition, Caution, Saldaña will present a free talk entitled Photographic Interventions...
John Russell Gallery: Nicola Slattery: A Window into Imagination
Collectors and critics have gradually become familiar with her distinct figurative style, a style which has inspired and influenced more than a handful of other aspiring artists. Her work has featured regularly in most of the UK‚s art magazines wi...
Columbus Museum of Art: The Art of Humane Propaganda
This exhibition brings together 44 vintage prints, on loan from the Ohio State University, together with earlier examples by American social documentary photographer Lewis Hine. Hines work, on loan from ...
artoose: Spring Open Weekend: Work by 14, Young, Contemporary Artists
We are also showing a collection of 80 cards made by contemporary surrealist Dan Bendel, recent 'chaos' paintings by Rufus Knightwebb, 'encapsulated' resin sculptures by Mark Russell, radical painting by post-pop artist Gary Colclough, dystopian c...
Coleman Project Space: Disco Hospital: A Drawing Show
A parallel theme of the show is how the work of the artists involved refers to certain ideas that are often closely related to Surrealism, those of automatism, dreams, obsession and fantasy, and examining the resonance that these themes still hold...
Camera Club of New York: Call for Artists: 2003 Small Print Photography
Fee is $25.00 for first 5 slides, $7.50 for each additional slide. Deadline for receipt of slides is January 15, 2003. Chosen artists will participate in a group exhibition at the Camera Club of New York's Lowenhertz Gallery. Send self add...
Camera Club of New York: Call for Artists: 2003 Small Print Photography Competition
Fee is $25.00 for first 5 slides, $7.50 for each additional slide. Deadline for receipt of slides is January 15, 2003. Chosen artists will participate in a group exhibition at the Camera Club of New Yorks Lowenhertz Gallery. Send self addr...
Texas Society of Sculptors: Real Art for Real People
The following artists were selected by juror Dan Hawkins:     Reynaldo Alaniz
  Sylvia Knust
Theresa Bayer
  George Mcfarland
Sandy Bonsell
  Bobby Pearl
Suzanne Bullock
  Dan Pogue
Nancy Ca...
Tacoma Art Museum: Unseen Hurrell: Classics and Rediscovered Photographs from the Collections of the Margaret Herrick Library at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
In this exhibition of black-and-white photographs, we can see his publicity stills as a skillful adaptation combining ...
Spacex: Peter J. Evans Feedbacker
This exhibition also includes a major large-scale wall drawing created using an ink-line technique, a Japanese method discovered by Evans during a residency last year in Beijing. In parallel to the exhibition at Spacex, the artist will cre...
South Australian Museum: Australia's Richest Natural History Art Prize
Judges Russell Starkey and David Dridan had to sort through an overwhelming 440 entries (photos) which were of an extremely high standard and well represented across the three categories of the exhibition:
A. Oil, Acrylic or mix
B. Wat...
OBORO: Waterspeak: Dana Claxton
A rich and complex audio track samples water sounds and throat-singing with music by Russell Wallace, a composer who has collaborated with Claxton over the past decade. The seductive qualities of recorded voice, the fam...
Wood Turning Center: allTURNatives: Form & Spirit Exhibition
The 2003 ITE Resident Fellows are: Eli Avisera, Lathe Artist, Israel
Kevin Burrus, Lathe Artist, USA
Mark Hancock, Lathe Artist, Wales
Ron Kanter, Photojournalist, USA
Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley, Scholar, USA
Thier...
Museum of Glass, International Center for Contemporary Art: Glass of the Avant-Garde: From Vienna Secession to Bauhaus
Glass of the Avant-Garde: From Vienna Secession to Bauhaus, The Torsten Bröhan Collection from the Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas, Madrid, Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte Secretaría de Estado de Cultura, España is presented under...
Southwest School of Art and Craft / Russell Hill Rogers Galleries: Call for Artists: ART and COMMUNITY PROJECT, San Antonio, Texas
Proposals for the Guest Artist Program will be accepted from any artist living in North America. All proposals must take into consideration the goals of the program. Project proposals should have a specific beginning and ending date. To...
Lund Konsthall: Gustav Metzger: Works
Gustav Metzger was born in Nuremberg in 1926 to a Polish-Jewish family, but he has lived and worked in England his entire adult life. He was among the earliest environmental activists, protesting against increased motoring and extensive traffic co...
Tacoma Art Museum: Clearly Brilliant: A Decade of Pilchuck Glass School's Emerging Artists in Residence
The artists represented in Clearly Brilliant bring many themes and unique approaches to their work. Some artists make reference to objects you would see in everyday li...
Macworld: MacWorld Expo Digital Art Gallery Awards to 30 Finalists
Among the selected 30 finalists is Satoshi Matsuyama's image "Blessed are the Pure in Our Heartland". Digital art and graphic related prizes from the contest’s many sponsors will be awarded to the winning artists. Companies include, Corel, Wacom, ...
Buffalo Bill Historical Center: John James Audubon in the West: The Last Expedition - Mammals of North America
Curator of the Whitney Gallery of Western Art Sarah Boehme explains, John James Audubon is associated with artistic images of birds, with conservation issues, and with geographic locations of the Deep South. He doesn't immediately spring to mind ...
Oakville Galleries: Peter MacCallum: Larus Delawarensis
The subject of Peter MacCallum’s exhibition at Oakville Galleries is a series of photographs documenting the Ring-billed Gull, or Larus Delawarensis, a common, familiar, and often ignored bird species. Rather than see the birds as garbage-eating p...
Physics Room: rear window: Emily Harris; Gala Kirke; Richard Lewer
All this voyeurism and curtain pulling allows connections and obsessions to develop with unknown people, whether based in reality or fantasy, or somewhere in between. Using techniques that reference popular media (reality television, E! Channel, c...
Art Gallery of New South Wales: RENOIR TO PICASSO: Masterpieces from the Musee de l'Orangerie, Paris
These are paintings from a legendary collection founded by the great Parisian art dealer Paul Guillaume, whose remarkable achievement was to persuade wealthy P...
Gold Coast City Art Gallery: A Portrait of the Gold Coast: The Art of Betty Quelhurst
The time spent in Paris left a lasting impression on Quelhurst. Her genre scenes of people enjoying leisure time by the beach or in parks are filled with the air of Parisian street life. Her art is also a wonderful document of the Gold Coast when ...
University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach: The UAM Diaries: 1973-2004 The Glenn Years
In addition, a number of exhibits that the UAM has traveled to museums throughout America, including The Great American Pop Art Store: Multiples of the Sixties; Time Dust, James Rosenquist; The Complete Graphics 1962-1992; Frederick Sommer at Seve...
Kunsthalle Basel: Personal Plans: Twelve Current Positions in the Genre of Drawing
Works included are by: Rita Ackermann (born 1968, Budapest/New York), Anna Ammadio (born 1963, Basel), Edgar Arceneaux (born 1972, Los Angeles), Thomas Baumann (born 1967, Vienna), Annelise Coste (born 1973, France/Zurich), and Andro Wekua (bo...
Ffotogallery at Turnerhouse: Thomas Kellner included in Fantasy and Denial
Part two, Fantasy & Denial, draws its title from commissioned work by Willie Doherty depicting the facades of Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales and Welsh Office in Cardiff (1990). This exhibition considers commissions that have explored the...
California Center for the Arts: The Next Wave: New Painting in Southern California
The Next Wave includes approximately 70 works that havebeen created within the past few years, a number of them especially for this exhibition. This survey aims to illuminate a diverse range of aesthetic and thematic concerns in contemp...
Frick Collection: Greuze the Draftsman
the Albertina, Vienna; the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; and others.  Among Greuze's many admirers was Catherine the Great, ...
National Gallery of Victoria: Spring Flowers, Autumn Grass: The Spirit of Nature in Asian Art
Chinese New Year Festival 2002 Chairman, Ken Ong, said he was delighted to be working closely with the National Gallery of Victoria in conjunction with the Chinese New Year Festival being held this weekend. Just as Chinese New Year is a time...
Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Milestones of Modernism 1880-1940: Selections from the Norwest Collection

More than 200 objects are included in the exhibition—furniture, metalwork, ceramics, glass and works on paper. Created between 1880 and 1940, they represent a survey of the major movements of the period: A...

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