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John Bucknell Russell

John Bucknell Russell (1820 - 1893) was active/lived in Scotland.  John Russell is known for Wildlife, fish painting.

The following information was provided by James Russell:

My great-grandfather John Russell, grew up in Aberdeen Scotland to become a decorator of Catholic churches.  He was the son of Joseph Russell and Jean Fraser.  The 1841 census shows John Russell as a painter and his uncle was the sculptor George Russell.  He began as a house painter, but by his early twenties, John was working as an artist who also carved in wood and worked in lithograph.  Russell did not use Bucknell in his name until the 1871 census.  The Buck comes from the Fraser Crest and the Nell signifies that his mother was a Fraser.

The earliest known painting, in oils, is dated 1841 and signed "J. Russell " : his later work was always signed "John Russell" (not "J. B. Russell" , as some suggest; that was his son James). James (1867 - 1956 ) also painted the fish carvings before he left Fochabers.  Thereafter, James painted on the flat.  A locally produced book speaks of "   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2628 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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