19 October 1864?C21 August 1915 Related Paintings of Thomas Pakenham :. | Kildare rebels piking an old man | Heroic conduct of the Highland Sentinel | A reconstruction by William Sadler of the Battle of Vinegar Hill painted in about 1880 | Erin Go Bray | United Irishmen upon Duty | Related Artists:
John Mundellpainted Punting Down the River in 19th Century
Joachim PatinirFlemish Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1485-1524
James Wilson Morrice (August 10, 1865 Montreal - January 23, 1924 Tunis) was a significant Canadian landscape painter. He studied at the Academie Julian in Paris, France, where he lived for most of his career.
Morrice was the son of a wealthy merchant, and studied law in Toronto from 1882 to 1889. In 1890 he left to study painting in England. The next year he arrived in Paris, where he studied at the Academie Julian from 1892-7. At Julians he befriended Charles Conder and Maurice Prendergast, and also met Robert Henri.
Morrice continued to live in Paris until the First World War, although he spent most of his winters in Canada. He made many connections in the intellectual circles of Paris, while also remaining in touch with the Canadian art world:
