John James Chalon

1778-1854 Swiss

John James Chalon

Pittore svizzero attivo in Inghilterra

John James Chalon, membro della Royal Academy (RA), fu un pittore svizzero attivo in Inghilterra. Trattò un'ampia gamma di soggetti: paesaggi, scene marine, vita animale e composizioni figurative. 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. Nel 1847 fu colpito da un attacco di paralisi e, dopo una lunga e dolorosa malattia, morì a Kensington nel 1854. È sepolto nel cimitero di Highgate.

Relationship Network

Siblings

Artworks by this artist