John Wells James Explained

John Wells James
Birth Name:John Wells James Jr.
Birth Date:22 February 1873
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York
Death Place:Magagnosc, France
Nationality:American
Field:painting
Movement:impressionism
Website:http://johnwellsjames.com/2.html

John Wells James Jr. (1873 - 1951) was an American artist who created impressionist landscape paintings.[1] James was associated with the Salmagundi Club in Greenwich Village and the "New Hope School of Impressionism" in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.[2] James worked as a New York businessman who founded a wholesale drug company and the Kings Highway Saving Bank, while pursuing painting as a lifelong hobby. He held his first public exhibition at the Salmagundi Club in 1950 when he was 77 years old.[3] James died on April 8, 1951, in Magagnosc, France.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BIOGRAPHY for John James. John Wells James (1873 - 1951). AskArt.com. 5 September 2013.
  2. Web site: 1930 John Wells James Painting. Nichol. Alisdair. 22 January 2007. The Roadshow Archive. PBS. 5 September 2013. Philadelphia.
  3. News: Retired from Business, Amateur Painter Hold 1st Exhibition at 77. Hammer. Wendell. December 1950. Brooklyn Eagle. 5 September 2013. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182948/http://johnwellsjames.com/2.html. dead.
  4. News: John Wells James (Obituary) . 10 April 1951. New York Times. 27. 5 September 2013.

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