James Wilson Morrice, born August 10, 1865 in Montreal, Canada, was a painter of the first Canadian landscape artists to achieve international recognition. Art prints of his work remain today as a testament to his remarkable artistic abilities. In 1891, he took the big leap and relocated to Paris, France, where he spent most of his career. W. Somerset Maugham, a famous writer and an acquaintance of his, once remarked that Morrice's sketches could forever change the way Paris was viewed.
Morrice, the son of a merchant, turned to the study of painting after studying law in Toronto. He moved to England and eventually settled in Paris, where he studied at the prestigious Académie Julian from 1892 to 1897. Here he made friends with notable artists such as Charles Edward Conder and Maurice Brazil Prendergast and took classes in the studio of Henri Joseph Harpignies, who encouraged his students to paint outdoors. Despite his presence in Paris, Morrice always remained connected to his native Canada, spending his winters there and traveling widely internationally. His experiences and contacts in the intellectual circles of Paris furthered his artistic development and influenced the quality and uniqueness of his art, which is expressed in every art print of his works.
With the outbreak of World War I, Morrice returned to Montreal and later moved to Cuba. Here, unfortunately, began his slow downward spiral into alcoholism. His artistic output became erratic and infrequent. In 1922, two years before his death, he made a final trip to Algeria to paint with Albert Marquet. Morrice's early works were thinly painted, inspired by James Abbott McNeill Whistler in both mood and color. Later he developed a thicker style, influenced by the Impressionists and Maurice Galbraith Cullen in particular. Some of his works from his time in the Caribbean are considered his best. They reflect a loose style influenced by Post-Impressionism. Therefore, an art print by James Wilson Morrice is not only an aesthetic asset to any room, but also a testimony of the times and an expression of the artist's artistic evolution.
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-654858).jpg "Beach Scene, Tangier, c.1911 by James Wilson Morrice")
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.jpg "The Edges of the Seine, Paris by James Wilson Morrice")
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.jpg "Return from School, c.1901 by James Wilson Morrice")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-902673).jpg "Landscape, Trinidad, c.1921 by James Wilson Morrice")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-904958).jpg "Casino by the Sea by James Wilson Morrice")
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.jpg "Notre Dame by James Wilson Morrice")
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.jpg "Canadians in the Snow by James Wilson Morrice")
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.jpg "The Old Holton House in Montreal by James Wilson Morrice")
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