John Hammond

Artist Bio: John Hammond, RCA, OSA (1843-1939)

John Hammond was born in Montreal and developed an interest in art when he was a child. On his way to becoming an artist, Hammond served in the army, prospected for gold in New Zealand, and worked in the survey party for the CPR. In 1871, he joined William Notman; the noted photographer in Montreal when he worked as a painter, over-painting photographic portraits, along with other artists, including Henry Sandham, Otto Jacobi, and J.A. Fraser. In 1873, he was elected to the Ontario Society of Artists.

Hammond worked mostly in oil and watercolour, but also as an an etcher. In 1855-86, he studied with James Whistler in Dordrecht in the Netherlands. From 1884 to 1900, he taught painting at the Owens Art School in Saint John, NB, and in Sackville, NB.

Hammond exhibited at the Paris Salon and the Royal Academy I 1806 and with the Royal Canadian Academy fro 1884-1935. His work in both in private and public collections, including the National Gallery, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Glenbow Museum, etc.