Julian Russell Story (September 8, 1857 – February 24, 1919) was an American painter.

Early life

Story was born on September 8, 1857 in

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to American parents. He was the youngest child of sculptor

William Wetmore Story William Wetmore Story (February 12, 1819 – October 7, 1895) was an American sculptor, art critic, poet, and editor. Life and career William Wetmore Story was the son of jurist Joseph Story and Sarah Waldo (Wetmore) Story. He graduated from H ...

and Emelyn (

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Eldredge) Story. Among his siblings was brother Thomas Waldo Story, also a well known sculptor, and sister, Edith Marion (née Story), Marchesa Peruzzi di Medici, the wife of Marquess Simone Peruzzi di Medici. He was educated at

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and Brasenose College, Oxford University, England.

Personal life

In 1891, Story was married to the renowned American soprano

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, the daughter of an international

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. Eames was born in

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, China, and raised in

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and

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. They divorced in 1907 and Emma later married Emilio de Gogorza. In 1909, he married Elaine Sartori Bohlen, the daughter of Victor Alexander Sartori and Annie Lawrence Gordon. Together, they were the parents of: * Emelyn McClellan Florence Story (1912–1946), who married Edward Maynard Ewer, in 1931. * Vera Felicity Story (1918–2001), who married Henry Latrobe

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Jr., a son of

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, in 1937. He died in

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at age 61. He was buried at Chelten Hills Cemetery in Philadelphia.

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John Russell Story paintings
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Early life

Personal life

Artworks

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