biography of Bernard Isaac DURWARD (1817-1902)

Birth place: Montrose, Scotland

Death place: Wisconsin?

Addresses: Wisconsin

Profession: Portrait and religious painter

Comments: Durward was a self-taught artist who made a name for himself in Scotland and England before emigrating in 1845 to the United States. He settled in Wisconsin, where he became a convert to Roman Catholicism and devoted his life to teaching, painting, and writing poetry.

Sources: G&W; Butts, Art in Wisconsin, 76-80, two repros.