John Wentworth Russell
John Wentworth Russell | |
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| Born | John Wentworth Russell August 28, 1879 |
| Died | 1959 |
| Education | Hamilton Art School; Art Students League, New York |
| Notable work | A Modern Fantasy, shown at the 1927 C.N.E. |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Dryden (divorced); Anna MacVicar (m.1951) |
John Wentworth Russell (1879–1959) was a Canadian painter with a wide range of subjects and media – portraits (child subjects were a specialty of his), landscapes, still life, and the nude as well as illustrations for magazines, such as Vogue. Russell’s large (243.8 x 218.4 cm) painting A Modern Fantasy, of a reclining female nude echoing Titian but realistically depicted and wearing a hat, caused a sensation when shown at the Canadian National Exhibition (C.N.E.) in Toronto in 1927. Although many adverse comments were published, Prime Minister Mackenzie King stated of the work: "1 saw the painting at the Ex and thought it a marvelous work.