Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Scene Oil Painting by John A. Hammond, Framed

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Beautiful vintage impressionist oil painting by the renowned Canadian Painter John A. Hammond (1843-1939)

Oil on Canvas of Bruges Belgium. … more Beautiful vintage impressionist oil painting by the renowned Canadian Painter John A. Hammond (1843-1939)

Oil on Canvas of Bruges Belgium. Castle in Foreground.

John Hammond was a great admirer of the painters of the French Barbizon and Dutch Hague schools, Canadian painter John Hammond was best known for his landscapes and marines (or paysages de mer – landscapes of the sea) depicting the Bay of Fundy.

You can see where he used this to great effect with this wonderful painting. Hammond painted many paintings much smaller. It is hard to find one of this size...Sunrise? Sunset?

Born in Montreal, Canada, John Hammond settled in St. John, New Brunswick where he became a noted landscape, marine, and portrait painter. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Art, a group of Quebec artists much influenced by European trends. He is remembered as one of the first eastern Canadian artists to depict the landscape of Western Canada, and was commissioned by the Canadian Pacific to paint murals commemorating the role of the railroad in opening routes through the West.

In 1866, when he was age 23, he joined an Army regiment known as "Ladies Pets", and subsequently spent several years prospecting gold in New Zealand. He returned to Canada in 1870, and began his first trip to the West when he joined the Transcontinental Railway Survey party to Yellowhead Pass. The next year, he worked in the studio of William Notman in Montreal, painting over photographs. In 1885, he studied with James McNeill Whistler in Europe and then returned to Saint John, New Brunswick to serve as Director of the Owens Art Institute until 1919. He also traveled throughout America, Europe and the Orient.

Exhibition venues included the Boston Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy, and the National Academy of Design.

Hammond died in Sackville, New Brunswick in 1939.

The painting measures a large 19 1/2" by 29 1/2" and the wonderful, original frame measures 26 1/4" by 36 1/4".

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