James Wilson Morrice

James Wilson Morrice was a significant Canadian landscape painter. He studied at the Acadmie Julian in Paris, France, where he lived for most of his career. James Morrice Street in New Bordeaux, AhuntsicCartierville, Montreal is named in his memory.

Morrice was born in Montreal, the son of a wealthy merchant, and studied law in Toronto from 1882 to 1889. In 1890 he left to study painting in England. The next year he arrived in Paris, where he studied at the Acadmie Julian from 18927. At Julians he befriended Charles Conder and Maurice Prendergast, and also met Robert Henri.

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