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John Young-Hunter

John Young-Hunter (1874 - 1955) was active/lived in New Mexico, New York / England, Scotland.  John Young Hunter is known for Portrait, figure-genre and landscape painting.

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, John Young-Hunter was a portrait, figure, and landscape painter with a highly aristocratic upbringing in England and a career that reached to the American East and Southwest.

His father, Colin Hunter, was a marine painter and member of the Royal Academy of London, and his mother, Isabella Rattray Young (hence the Young-Hunter) was a distinguished pianist. The parents were married 29 October 1874 at Govan, Lanark, Scotland.  John was raised with privilege and extravagance among the culturally elite of London, and close family friends included John Singer Sargent and Lawrence Alma-Tadema.

John received much recognition for his portrait painting in England, and his paintings were exhibited in the National Tate Gallery in London and the Luxembourg Museum in Paris.  He studied at Clifton College in England and the Royal Academy School as well as the University of London.  From 1900 to 1913, he exhibited at the Royal Academy.  In 1   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2639 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about John Young-Hunter

   John Young-Hunter  Born:  1874 - Glasgow, Scotland
Died:   1955
Known for:  Portrait, figure-genre and landscape painting
Name variants:  John Young Hunter

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, John Young-Hunter was a portrait, figure, and landscape painter with a highly aristocratic upbringing in England and a career that reached to the American East and Southwest.

His father, Colin Hunter, was a marine painter and member of the Royal Academy of London, and his mother, Isabella Rattray Young (hence the Young-Hunter) was a distinguished pianist. The parents were married 29 October 1874 at Govan, Lanark, Scotland.  John was raised with privilege and extravagance among the culturally elite of London, and close family friends included John Singer Sargent and Lawrence Alma-Tadema.

John received much recognition for his portrait painting in England, and his paintings were exhibited in the N  ...  Displaying 750 of 2639 characters.

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