Johan Graham (1705,

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– 1775,

), was an 18th-century painter from London active in

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and

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Biography

According to the RKD (the Netherlands Institute for Art History), he was born in Londen but lived mostly in the Hague, where he was active at a young age.Johan Graham
in the RKD He travelled to Rome and returned to London but came back to The Hague and was still living there in 1750.Johan Graham, Part 2, page 276
in ''Nieuwe Schouburg'' (with painter index), (1750) by

Jan van Gool Johan, or Jan van Gool (1685–1763), was a Dutch painter and writer from The Hague, now remembered mainly as a biographer of artists from the Dutch Golden Age. Life Jan van Gool was a pupil of Simon van der Does and Mattheus Terwesten.

, in the ''Institute of Dutch History'' He became a member of the

Confrerie Pictura The Confrerie Pictura was a more or less academic club of artists founded in 1656 in The Hague (the Netherlands) by local art painters, who were unsatisfied by the Guild of Saint Luke there. History The guild of St. Luke in the Hague existed a ...

in 1742, and was registered as a pupil of

Arnold Houbraken Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) fr ...

Jacques Ignatius de Roore Jacques Ignatius de Roore or Jacobus Ignatius de RooreName variations: Jacobus Ignatius Roere, Jacques Ignatius de Roere, Jacobus Roré, Jacques (Ignace) de Roore, Droré (Antwerp, 20 July 1686 – The Hague, 17 July 1747) was a Flemish painter, c ...

and

Mattheus Terwesten Mattheus Terwesten or Matthäus Terwesten (23 February 1670, The Hague - 11 June 1757, The Hague) was a Dutch painter and art educator. He is known for his portraits as well as of mythological and allegorical subjects. He was a decorative paint ...

. Houbraken died in 1718, so he can't have studied with him very long, and in 1719 he travelled to Italy, visiting Bologna, Venice, and Rome. He taught English lessons on the side and is known for wall & ceiling decorations. In 1775 he sold his collection of 136 paintings and moved to London with his elderly sister.

References

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