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Birth
1826 (Glasgow, Scotland)
Death
1885 (Glenwood-on-the-Hudson, New York)
Lived/Active
New York
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landscape-water-shore, still life
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Born at Toll Cross, near Glasgow, Scotland, John Williamson emigrated to America as a child (1831). He spent most of his life in Brooklyn. In the late 19th century, he became known for his landscapes of the Hudson River Valley and Connecticut. He traveled the Hudson River to Lake George, painting in the Adirondack and Catskill Mountains, and into New England, in the Berkshire Mountains, MA, the Green Mountains, VT, the White Mountains, NH, and in Connecticut.
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