James Humbert Craig
Painting, Visual Artist
1877 – 1944
Who was James Humbert Craig?
James Humbert Craig was an Irish painter.
Craig was born in Belfast to Alexander Craig, a tea merchant, and a Swiss mother, Marie Metzenen, from a family with a painting tradition. He was raised in County Down and maintained a studio at Cushendun, County Antrim. Craig abandoned a career in business, briefly attended the Belfast School of Art, and became a mostly self-taught painter of landscapes. Among his favorite panoramas were Donegal, Connemara and the Glens of Antrim. Craig was elected to the Royal Ulster Academy and the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1928. He also exhibited at the Fine Art Society in London.
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- Born
- Jul 12, 1877
Belfast - Education
- University of Ulster
- Lived in
- Belfast
- Died
- Jun 12, 1944
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on July 23, 2013
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