John Absolon

John Absolon
Born	1815 London, England
Died	5 May 1895
Nationality	British
Field	Watercolor painting

John Absolon (1815 – May 5, 1895) was a British watercolor painter, born in London in 1815. He studied in London and then Paris.

Among his works are:

Metare (1845)
First Night in the Monastery, Dopscen (1856)
Coast Scene, Normandy (1860)^[1]
Goldsmith Workshop (1860)
The Haymakers^[2]

Absolon also created landscapes, portraying scenes from Switzerland and Italy.

References

^ "Coast Scene, Normandy". Victoria & Albert. http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O74802/watercolour-coast-scene-normandy/. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
^ "The Haymakers by John Absolon". Art Gallery of New South Wales. http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/work/8657+the-haymakers. Retrieved 2011-03-12.

External links

John Absolon letter, 1849 Jan. 7 from the collection of the Archives of American Art

This article contains content from the Owl Edition of Nordisk familjebok, a Swedish encyclopedia published between 1904 and 1926, now in the public domain.

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Name	Absolon, John
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Date of birth	1815
Place of birth	London, England
Date of death	5 May 1895
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