John James Wilson

John James Wilson
Born1818 (1818)
Lambeth, London, England
Died(1875-01-30)30 January 1875
Folkestone, Kent, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationPainter
SpouseElizabeth (Parker) Wilson
Parent(s)John H 'Jock' Wilson
Mary Ellen Wilson

John James Wilson (1818–1875) was the son of John Wilson who was a Scottish landscape and marine painter. The son exhibited similar works to his father's and from the same London address until 1847. Most were landscapes until 1849 and marines thereafter. He moved to Folkestone with his father in 1853.[1] John James Wilson was a prolific artist, exhibiting in excess of six hundred paintings during his working life.

His brother, William Anthony Wilson (1814–1873) was also an artist.[2][3] He had a son W. J. Wilson (1833–1909) who emigrated to Australia where he became a scene painter, actor and theatre manager.[4]

  1. ^ Pieter van der Merwe (2004). Wilson John (1774-1855), marine and scene painter, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. England: Oxford University Press.
  2. ^ Wood, Christopher (1995). Victorian Painters. Woodbridge Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club. p. 581. ISBN 1-85149-171-6.
  3. ^ Johnson, Jane (1975). Works exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists, 1824-1893 and the New English Art Club, 1888-1917. Woodbridge: Antique Collector's Club. pp. 512–513.
  4. ^ "Death Notice of William Anthony Wilson". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 April 1873.