How to Pronounce John Seymour Lucas
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Dec 21, 1849 London Died on 08 May 1923 (aged 73)
British artist: painter and illustrator, (sometimes?) signed "Seymour Lucas"
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About John Seymour Lucas
- John Seymour Lucas (21 December 1849 – 8 May 1923) was a Victorian English historical and portrait painter, as well as an accomplished theatrical costume designer.
- He was born into an artistic London family (he was the nephew of the painter John Lucas), and originally trained as a woodcarver, but turned his attention to portrait painting and entered first the St.
- Martin's Lane Art School and later the Royal Academy Schools.
- Here he met fellow artist Marie Cornelissen from France, whom he married in 1877.
- Lucas' artistic education included extensive travels around Europe, particularly Holland and Spain, where he studied the Flemish and Spanish masters.
- He first started exhibiting in 1872, was elected an associate member of the Royal Academy in 1876, and a full Royal Academician in 1898.
