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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
“You have no right to interfere” Story illustration for Saturday Evening Post
“You have no right to interfere” Story illustration for Saturday Evening Post

“You have no right to interfere” Story illustration for Saturday Evening Post

By Arthur William Brown

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Story illustration for “Spotlight” by Clarence Budington Kelland for The Saturday Evening Post, published August 15, 1936. The full caption reads: “‘My point,’ he said, ‘is that ...

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1930s William Arthur Brown

Materials

Board, Mixed Media

Sitting Around the Table
Sitting Around the Table

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

(Untitled)
(Untitled)

(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

Women and Baby
Women and Baby

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

The Best People
The Best People

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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