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"The Picture Book," by William Brymner
“The Picture Book,” by William Brymner

THE PICTURE BOOK
William Brymner
1898
Canadian
Watercolor, oil and resin on linen
National Gallery of Canada

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Born in Greenock, Scotland, the son of Douglas Brymner the first Dominion Archivist and Jean Thomson, he moved with his family to Melbourne, Canada East in 1857. In 1864, his family moved to Montreal, Canada East. They later lived in the area of Ottawa, Canada West where William attended the Ottawa Grammar School. [

Following architectural studies in enrolled at the Académie Julian in Paris, France in 1878 where his instructors were William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury. Both of his teachers, in Paris, were famous exponents of ‘Grand manner‘ naturalism. During this period at the Salon he became interested in the work of Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier who was already popular with the French public. Source: Wikipedia.

  

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