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John James Wilson
British, 1818–1875
John James Wilson was a British British Romanticism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at National Galleries Scotland. John James Wilson was born in Lambeth.
John James Wilson (1818–1875) was the son of John Wilson who was a Scottish landscape and marine painter. The son exhibited similar works to his father's and from the same London address until 1847. Most were landscapes until 1849 and marines thereafter.
He moved to Folkestone with his father in 1853. John James Wilson was a prolific artist, exhibiting in excess of six hundred paintings during his working life. His brother, William Anthony Wilson (1814–1873) was also an artist.
He had a son W. J. Wilson (1833–1909) who emigrated to Australia where he became a scene painter, actor and theatre manager.
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