John Callow

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John Callow (1822–1878) was an English artist.

Life

John Callow was born in 1822. He was taught by his brother, the artist William Callow. He became a member of the New Watercolour Society, and an associate of the Old Watercolour Society. [1] He was junior professor of drawing at the Royal Military College, Addiscombe [2] from 1855 to 1861. [1] According to H.M. Vibart, writing in 1894, Callow "never became a favourite of the cadets, for he was a jaundiced, saturnine character with no good-humour or geniality about him." [2] He was master of landscape at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, 1861–1865, and professor at Queen's College, London, 1875–1878. He painted marine subjects and landscapes, mostly in watercolour. [1] He died in 1878 in New Cross, south-east London.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Cundall, H. M. (1908). A History of British Water Colour Painting. p.  192.
  2. 1 2 Vibart, Henry Meredith (1894). Addiscombe: its Heroes and Men of Note. Archibald Constable and Co. p. 212.