John James Chalon

1778-1854 Swiss

John James Chalon

Pintor suizo activo en Inglaterra

John James Chalon, miembro de la Royal Academy (RA), fue un pintor suizo activo en Inglaterra. Abordó una amplia gama de temas: paisajes, escenas marinas, vida animal y obras con figuras. He was born at Geneva, of an old French family who had taken refuge there after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. He went to England when quite young, and entered the Schools of the Academy in 1796. His first picture, 'Banditti at their Repast,' appeared in 1800. In 1808, he, his brother Alfred Edward Chalon, and some friends, founded the Sketching Society, and in the same year he joined the Water-Colour Society, but in 1813 he seceded from it, and again devoted himself to painting pictures in oil for the Royal Academy. He was elected an Associate of that institution in 1827, and an Academician in 1841. En 1847 sufrió un ataque de parálisis y, tras una larga y dolorosa enfermedad, falleció en Kensington en 1854. Está enterrado en el cementerio de Highgate.

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