John George Brown Art
American, 1831-1913
John George Brown was born in 1831 near Durham, England. At fourteen he began a seven-year apprenticeship as a glass-cutter in Newcastle-on-Tyne, studying at night with William Bell Scott at the School of Design. From 1852 to 18253 he worked at the Holyrood Glass Works, Edinburgh, studying evenings at the Trustees Academy with Robert Scott Lauder. In 1853 Brown spent the summer in London where he painted a few portraits before emigrating to the United States that fall. He settled in Brooklyn finding work at the Brooklyn Flint Glass Company. During this time he attended the free classes offered at the Graham Art School and later studied under Thomas Seir Cummings at the National Academy of Design.
In 1855, Brown opened a studio as a portrait painter. Brown received the support of the art dealer, Samuel S. P. Avery, and John H. Sherwood, collector and builder of the Sherwood Studio Building in 1880, who encouraged his turning from portraits to children as subjects. In 1859 Brown was one of the founding members of the Brooklyn Art Society and in 1861 a founding member of the Brooklyn Art Association. He moved to New York in 1861 finding quarters in the Tenth Street Studio Building where he maintained a studio for the rest of his life. Brown began in 1858 to exhibit at the National Academy, a practice he continued every year, except 1871, until his death. He was elected an associate of the Academy in 1861, full member in 1863, and served as its vice-president from 1899-1904.
After turning to genre scenes of the street children of New York City in the 1860s, he soon became famous and wealthy. Brown copyrighted many of his paintings that were often reproduced commercially as chromolithographs or photographic reproductions. In 1867 he was elected one of the original members of the American Watercolor Society and was its president from 1887-1904. Brown and the art dealer, John Snedecor, travelled to Europe in 1870, visiting both London and Paris. During the summer months, he often explored the rural areas of New York and Vermont, as well as Grand Manan Island in the Bay of Fundy.(Biography provided by Wiscasset Bay Gallery)
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Artist: John George Brown
Portrait of Grandmother and Grandson titled "Peeling Apples"
By John George Brown
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
John George Brown (1831–1913) was a prominent British-born American painter, renowned for his genre paintings that vividly depict the everyday life of children and working-class indi...
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Late 19th Century Hudson River School John George Brown Art
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Canvas, Oil
"A Short Break from Work" Oil On Canvas / Board By John George Brown
By John George Brown
Located in Jacksonville, FL
"A Short Break from Work" captures the essence of a fleeting moment in the life of a young boy, skillfully portrayed by the artist John George Brown in oil on canvas or board. The sc...
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19th Century Academic John George Brown Art
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Oil
Oil Portrait of Child and Baby Sisters Playing
By John George Brown
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This beautiful oil on canvas painting of two sisters playing by the famous American Artist John G Brown has been lined. There is a slight touch up, and i...
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Late 19th Century Hudson River School John George Brown Art
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Canvas, Oil
"Flower Girl, " John George Brown, Genre Painting, Street Figure
By John George Brown
Located in New York, NY
John George Brown (1831 - 1913)
Flower Girl, circa 1900
Watercolor on paper
6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches
Signed lower left
Period Hand Carved Foster Brothers Fram...
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Early 1900s Ashcan School John George Brown Art
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Young Girl in the Woods
By John George Brown
Located in Milford, NH
A fine watercolor of a young girl in the woods surrounded by flowers by British American artist John George Brown (1831-1913). Brown was born in Dur...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist John George Brown Art
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Paper, Watercolor
The Confab
By John George Brown
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This charming scene of four boys sitting on a bench having a conversation is typical of the sentimentalized portrayals of street urchins that John George Brown is known for. His pain...
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1880s Realist John George Brown Art
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Canvas, Oil, Board
Homeward Bound
By John George Brown
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Homeward Bound is a product of John George Brown’s 1877 and 1878 trips to Grand Manan Island, off the coast of Maine in t...
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1870s John George Brown Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Old Violinist - Late 19th Century Figurative Lithograph
By John George Brown
Located in Soquel, CA
Finely detailed late 19th century chromo-lithograph portrait of a violinist street musician by John George Brown (British, 1831-1913). Many of Brown’s paintings were reproduced in lithography (Chromo-lithograpy), as is the case with the one offered here. Presented in a rustic antique Oak wood frame with giltwood fillet. Image, 15.63"H x 10.63"W.
John George Brown was a British citizen and an American painter born in Durham, England. His parents apprenticed him to the career of glass worker at the age of fourteen, in an attempt to dissuade him from pursuing painting. He studied nights at the School of Design in Newcastle-on-Tyne while working as a glass cutter there between 1849 and 1852, and evenings at the Trustees Academy in Edinburgh while working at the Holyrood Glass Works between 1852 ad 1853. After moving to New York City in 1853, he studied with Thomas Seir Cummings at the National Academy of Design where he was elected a National Academician in 1861. Brown was the Academy’s vice-president from 1899 to 1904.
Around 1855, he worked for the owner of the Brooklyn Glass Company, and later he married the daughter of his employer. His father-in-law encouraged his artistic abilities, supporting him financially, letting Brown pursue painting full-time. In 1866, he became one of the charter members of the Water-Color Society, of which he was president from 1887 to 1904. Brown became famous for his depictions of street urchins found of the streets of New York (bootblacks, street musicians, posy sellers, newsboys, etc.).
Brown’s art is best characterized as British genre painting...
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1870s Realist John George Brown Art
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Paper, Lithograph
Lookey There!
By John George Brown
Located in Missouri, MO
John George Brown
"Lookey There!" 1905
Oil on Canvas
Signed and Dated Lower Right
Site: approx 24 x 17 inches
Framed: approx 30 x 24 inches
Born into a poor family in Durh...
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Early 1900s Realist John George Brown Art
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Oil, Canvas
The Monopolist
By John George Brown
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Framed Dimensions: 36.00" x 48.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
J.G Brown's "Monopolist" was listed in 1885's Spring Exhibit catalogue of M.A. It was displayed on a panel in The We...
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1880s John George Brown Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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