J. C. Thom

Who was J. C. Thom?

James Crawford Thom was an American painter. Born in New York City, he studied at an artist colony in Perth Amboy, New Jersey along with Louis Comfort Tiffany of stained glass fame. He also studied with Edouard Frere, among others. He painted "By the River-Side" "Returning from the Wood", "Tired of Waiting", "Going to School", and "The Monk's Walk", Thom died in 1898 and is buried at the Chestnut Hill Cemetery in the Historic Village of Old Bridge, a section of East Brunswick, New Jersey.