About John Wells James
Lived 1873 – 1951 (aged 78). John Wells James was an American painter.
John Wells James Jr. (1873–1951) was an American artist who created impressionist landscape paintings. James was associated with the Salmagundi Club in Greenwich Village and the "New Hope School of Impressionism" in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. James worked as a New York businessman who founded a wholesale drug company and the Kings Highway Saving Bank, while pursuing painting as a lifelong hobby. He held his first public exhibition at the Salmagundi Club in 1950 when he was 77 years old. James died on April 8, 1951, in Magagnosc, France.
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Who was John Wells James?
American artist
When was John Wells James born?
John Wells James was born on 22 February 1873 in Brooklyn.
When did John Wells James die?
John Wells James died on 8 April 1951 in Grasse.
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John Wells James was a painter.
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John Wells James was American.
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