George Horne Russell
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George Horne Russell was a Canadian
painter.
Born in Scotland
, he studied at the Alberdeen School of Art and the South Kensington School of Art. In 1889, he moved to Canada settling in Montreal. From 1922 to 1926, he was the president of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
painter.
Born in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, he studied at the Alberdeen School of Art and the South Kensington School of Art. In 1889, he moved to Canada settling in Montreal. From 1922 to 1926, he was the president of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts is a Canadian arts-related institution founded in 1880, under the patronage of the Governor General of Canada, Sir John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, the Marquess of Lorne. Canadian landscape painter Homer Watson was a member and president of the Academy...
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