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John Peter Russell

Australian artist (1858-1930).

Born July 16th, 1858 in Sydney.

Died April 30th, 1930 at 71 years old in Sydney.

Occupations
painter

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde