About John Samuel Watkins
Lived 1866 – 1942 (aged 75). John Samuel Watkins was an Australian painter.
John Samuel Watkins (1866 – 25 August 1942), generally referred to as J. S. Watkins or "Watty" to his students, was an artist who for forty years ran his own art school in Sydney, Australia.
Biography Watkins was born in Wolverhampton, England, and studied at the South Kensington Art School in London.
He arrived in Sydney in 1882, and undertook further studies at the Royal Art Society of New South Wales (RAS) school under Julian Ashton, A. J. Daplyn and Frank P. Mahony.
He was a member of the (New South Wales) Society of Artists from 1895 and a member of RAS and a trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales from 1932 to 1942.
A retrospective exhibition of some 60 of his works was held at the National Art Gallery in June 1943.
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Who was John Samuel Watkins?
Australian painter (1866–1942)
When was John Samuel Watkins born?
John Samuel Watkins was born on 8 November 1866.
When did John Samuel Watkins die?
John Samuel Watkins died on 25 August 1942.
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John Samuel Watkins was a painter.
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John Samuel Watkins was Australian.
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