John A. Hammond

Born in Montreal in 1843, John Hammond was a stonemason for his father from the age of nine. As an adult, Hammond traveled with his brother to New Zealand to become a gold digger. After many unsuccessful efforts, John Hammond returns to the country.

Upon his arrival, he worked for the photo studio William Notman and seven years later opened his own Notman studio in St. John's, New Brunswick. Sir William Van Horne, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway Limited company, asked John Hammond in 1892 to paint for his company pictures of the Rocky Mountains.

He moved to the Maritimes and became director of the Owens Art Institution and then transferred to the Mount Allison Ladies College of Sacksville.

He is a member of the Royal Academy of Canada

The painter is known for his provincial landscapes and mainly the maritime scenes of the Bay of Fundy.

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