John A. Hammond
Canadian artist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, John Hammond, was a Canadian adventurer, photographer, artist, printmaker and art educator. Career Born in Montreal, Quebec, Hammond began working with his father, who was a marble cutter, at age nine. As a young man, Hammond joined the local militia and was sent to counterattack an expected Fenian raid that never materialized. Seeking his fortune, in the 1860s he joined the Central Otago Gold Rush in New Zealand and spent three years searching for gold. After returning to Montreal, he trained and worked as a staff photographer for the renowned William Notman and joined the Geological Survey of Canada that laid out the route west for the Canadian Pacific Railway. His interest in painting was enhanced by his travels and after becoming a member of the Plymouth Brethren religious sect, his devotion to Christianity would sometimes be reflected in his art.
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