John Gully (artist)

Biography:

John Gully was a prominent New Zealand landscape painter. He was born in Bath and was the son of Philip Gully a porter and Mary Vincent. Gully's formal education finished when he was apprenticed to Stothert's foundry aged around 13. He worked in the designing and drafting department. He received some training in painting from a Bristol watercolourist W. J. Muller.