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The lost Impressionist: A biography of John Peter Russell
'For John Peter Russell all things were possible…'
Thus Elizabeth Salter introduces the subject of her biography, a man born of wealthy Australian pioneering stock whose talents took him to the other side of the world where he became absorbed into the artistic life of Paris at the height of the Impressionist period.
A gifted and original painter, Russell became a member of the atelier which produced Emile Bernard and Toulouse Lautrec, and over the years he struck up friendships with such diverse artistic personalities as Van Gogh, Monet, Rodin, and a fellow Australian artist, Tom Roberts.
John Peter Russell married one of Rodin's favourite models, Marianna, and for her he built a 'chateau' on the cliffs of Belle Ile, off the Breton coast, whose savage seascape was so beloved by Monet.
Russell's portrait of his friend Vincent Van Gogh was Vincent's favourite and it hangs still in the Amsterdam municipal museum.
Russell was also an effective teacher, it was he who instructed the young Henri Matisse in the principles of Impressionism.
Thus Elizabeth Salter introduces the subject of her biography, a man born of wealthy Australian pioneering stock whose talents took him to the other side of the world where he became absorbed into the artistic life of Paris at the height of the Impressionist period.
A gifted and original painter, Russell became a member of the atelier which produced Emile Bernard and Toulouse Lautrec, and over the years he struck up friendships with such diverse artistic personalities as Van Gogh, Monet, Rodin, and a fellow Australian artist, Tom Roberts.
John Peter Russell married one of Rodin's favourite models, Marianna, and for her he built a 'chateau' on the cliffs of Belle Ile, off the Breton coast, whose savage seascape was so beloved by Monet.
Russell's portrait of his friend Vincent Van Gogh was Vincent's favourite and it hangs still in the Amsterdam municipal museum.
Russell was also an effective teacher, it was he who instructed the young Henri Matisse in the principles of Impressionism.
209 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1976
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About the author
Elizabeth Salter
10 booksElizabeth Fulton Salter (2 Oct 1918-14 Mar 1981) was born into a Barossa Valley pioneering family which opened one of South Australia's first wineries.
An Australian expatriate author, Salter went to the United Kingdom in the 1952 and was later secretary to Dame Edith Sitwell from 1956 until Sitwell's death in 1964. During that time she wrote and published mystery novels. Later she wrote biographies.
She joined the ABC as a record librarian and script writer. During World War II she was WAAF officer in charge of entertainment. After Salter left Australia for England, she worked for the BBC and wrote professionally.
Select bibliography:
Daisy Bates: Queen of the Never Never
The lost impressionist
Dame Edith Sitwell
Tails she dies (unpublished on her death)
Once upon a tombstone
The voice of the peacock
Will to survive
Silver rain.
An Australian expatriate author, Salter went to the United Kingdom in the 1952 and was later secretary to Dame Edith Sitwell from 1956 until Sitwell's death in 1964. During that time she wrote and published mystery novels. Later she wrote biographies.
She joined the ABC as a record librarian and script writer. During World War II she was WAAF officer in charge of entertainment. After Salter left Australia for England, she worked for the BBC and wrote professionally.
Select bibliography:
Daisy Bates: Queen of the Never Never
The lost impressionist
Dame Edith Sitwell
Tails she dies (unpublished on her death)
Once upon a tombstone
The voice of the peacock
Will to survive
Silver rain.
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