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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Julian Russell Story
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Julian Russell Story

Walton-on-Thames, 1850 - 1919, Philadelphia
BiographySTORY, Julian Russell
American, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 8 September 1850, in Walton-on-Thames, England; died 1919, in Philadelphia.
Painter. Portraits, genre scenes, historical scenes.

Son of William and brother of Waldo Story, Julian Russell Story was a student of Duveneck, Boulanger and Lefebvre in Paris. He appeared at exhibitions in Paris, receiving an award in 1887, a bronze medal in 1889 (Exposition Universelle) and bronze medal in 1900 (Exposition Universelle). He was made a Chevalier of the French Légion d'Honneur in 1901.
Museum and Gallery Holdings
Baltimore: Burial
Boston: Portrait of Ernest Longfellow
Budapest: Sylvaplana
St Louis: Mlle de Sombreuil (scene from the French Revolution)
Auction Records
New York, 10 Oct 1973: Diogenes, USD 950
New York, 28 Oct 1982: Tragic Actress (1885, oil on canvas, 58½ ? 37? ins/148.5 ? 94.5 cm) USD 3,500
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Last Updated8/7/24