John Laurie Wallace (1864 – 1953) was an Irish-born American painter.
Wallace was born in Garvagh, County Londonderry, Ireland. His family immigrated to the United States when he was age 4.
He studied under Thomas Eakins at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He posed for several of Eakins's paintings, including The Crucifixion (1880), Arcadia (1883) and The Swimming Hole (1884-85), and for dozens of photographs. In 1881 he became Eakins's assistant.
In 1891, he moved to Omaha, Nebraska to take the position of Director of the Western Art Association.
He died in Omaha, Nebraska in 1953, at the age of 89, and is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Omaha.
Wallace was born in Garvagh, County Londonderry, Ireland. His family immigrated to the United States when he was age 4.
He studied under Thomas Eakins at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He posed for several of Eakins's paintings, including The Crucifixion (1880), Arcadia (1883) and The Swimming Hole (1884-85), and for dozens of photographs. In 1881 he became Eakins's assistant.
In 1891, he moved to Omaha, Nebraska to take the position of Director of the Western Art Association.
He died in Omaha, Nebraska in 1953, at the age of 89, and is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Omaha.
John Laurie Wallace (1864 – 1953) was an Irish-born American painter.
Wallace was born in Garvagh, County Londonderry, Ireland. His family immigrated to the United States when he was age 4.
He studied under Thomas Eakins at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He posed for several of Eakins's paintings, including The Crucifixion (1880), Arcadia (1883) and The Swimming Hole (1884-85), and for dozens of photographs. In 1881 he became Eakins's assistant.
In 1891, he moved to Omaha, Nebraska to take the position of Director of the Western Art Association.
He died in Omaha, Nebraska in 1953, at the age of 89, and is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Omaha.
Wallace was born in Garvagh, County Londonderry, Ireland. His family immigrated to the United States when he was age 4.
He studied under Thomas Eakins at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He posed for several of Eakins's paintings, including The Crucifixion (1880), Arcadia (1883) and The Swimming Hole (1884-85), and for dozens of photographs. In 1881 he became Eakins's assistant.
In 1891, he moved to Omaha, Nebraska to take the position of Director of the Western Art Association.
He died in Omaha, Nebraska in 1953, at the age of 89, and is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Omaha.
Gravesite Details
Date of Interment 7 6 1953
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