Johan Graham
Johan Graham (1705, London – 1775, London), was an 18th-century painter from London active in The Hague and Amsterdam.
Biography
[edit]According to the RKD (the Netherlands Institute for Art History), he was born in London but lived mostly in the Hague, where he was active at a young age.[1] He travelled to Rome and returned to London but came back to The Hague and was still living there in 1750.[1][2] He became a member of the Confrerie Pictura in 1742, and was registered as a pupil of Arnold Houbraken, Jacques Ignatius de Roore and Mattheus Terwesten.[1] Houbraken died in 1718, so he can't have studied with him very long, and in 1719 he travelled to Italy, visiting Bologna, Venice, and Rome.[2] He taught English lessons on the side and is known for wall & ceiling decorations.[1] In 1775 he sold his collection of 136 paintings and moved to London with his elderly sister.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Johan Graham in the RKD
- ^ a b (in Dutch) Johan Graham, Part 2, page 276 in Nieuwe Schouburg (with painter index), (1750) by Jan van Gool, in the Institute of Dutch History
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