James Arthur O'Connor
Distinguished self-taught Irish landscape painter
James Arthur O'Connor (1792 – 7 January 1841) was an Irish painter. James Arthur O'Connor was born 15 Aston's Quay, Dublin – the son of an engraver and printer, William O'Connor. O'Connor would become a distinguished landscape painter. He was self-taught, receiving just a few lessons from William Sadler. He travelled to London with Francis Danby and George Petrie, exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1822. O'Connor visited France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the Rhineland. He died poor, in Brompton, London, 7 January 1841. O'Connor was married – his wife's name was Anastatia.
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- William Sadler Master
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Artworks by this artist
- A Wooded River Landscape with Mother and Child
- Bangor, Belfast Lough
- A Mountain Road In Mayo
- A View Of Fin Lough And Delphi Lodge 1819
- A Landscape
- A View of the Valley of Rocks near Mittlach (Alsace)@Landscape
- A View of the Glen of the Dargle 1834
- A View of the Valley of Rocks near Mittlach (Alsace) ca. 1830
- A Wooded River Landscape with Fishermen
- Bray Head