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William Arthur Brown

American, 1881-1966
" "Brownie," as his artist friends called him, epitomizes the rule that "90% of life is just showing up." A Canadian school dropout, he worked on a steamer, sketching in his spare time (he sold these to newspapers). Saving his earnings, he enrolled at the Art Student’s League and studied under Walter Appleton Clark, F W DuMond, and FR Gruger. Brownie went along when a friend got a job from the Saturday Evening Post to cover a circus. The Post liked the article AND Brown's circus drawings. They bought them, a relationship between publisher and artist that lasted 40 years. Brown's pencils appeared in most Post issues from the teens on. He concentrated on story art (no covers) for Collier's, College Humor, Redbook, and Cosmopolitan. He also contributed posters for the WWI effort and book art for books (The Magnificent Ambersons, Alice Adams, The Fortune Hunter, The Upper Crust, Messer Marco Polo, The Midlanders, The Lady Evelyn). The vast majority of Brown's work was in pencil, though ink and color wash began appearing in his kit from the early 30s." -American Art Archives.com.
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Artist: William Arthur Brown
Original "For Your Boy, YMCA, vintage WW1 1918 poster
By Arthur William Brown
Located in Spokane, WA
Original. YMCA for Your Boy. Acid-free original vintage poster in excellent condition with archival linen backing, ready to frame. Certificate o...
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1910s American Realist William Arthur Brown

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Lithograph

Saturday Evening Post story, 1920s Parlor Scene
By Arthur William Brown
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1920 Medium: Charcoal and Watercolor on Board Dimensions: 16.00" x 19.00" Signature: Signed and Inscription Lower Right Corner 1920s parlor scene. ...
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1920s William Arthur Brown

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Charcoal, Watercolor, Board

"Winnie and the Copperhead” Saturday Evening Post Illustration
By Arthur William Brown
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Published in the Saturday Evening Post dated 11-18 1922 page 107 for the "Winnie and the Copperhead” story written by Bertram Atkey Signed and dated lower left Arthur William Brown...
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1920s Other Art Style William Arthur Brown

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Charcoal

Sitting Around the Table
By Arthur William Brown
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1931 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 16.00" x 22.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Interior setting with people seated around a table.
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1930s William Arthur Brown

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Canvas, Oil

Women and Baby
By Arthur William Brown
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Women and Baby Signed upper right Arthur William Brown had one of the longest and most prolific careers of any American illustrator. Born in...
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20th Century Other Art Style William Arthur Brown

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Watercolor

(Untitled)
By Arthur William Brown
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1928 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 16.00" x 22.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Interior setting with people standing around.
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1920s William Arthur Brown

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Canvas, Oil

The Best People
By Arthur William Brown
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Illustration for story called 'The Best People', published in Redbook magazine, January, 1943, with their job stamp on verso. Signed and dated lower right. Arthur William Brown...
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1940s Other Art Style William Arthur Brown

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Board, Gouache, Watercolor

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