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Paul Desmond Brown

American, 1893-1958
Paul Brown was an American illustrator of equestrian subjects although he was never formally trained as an artist. He is primarily known for his paintings, drawings and sketches of horses and equestrian sports. He is also well-known for his over three decades of illustrations for Brooks Brothers catalogs including more than one-thousand drawings. These illustrations made him a major influence on the image of urban males in twentieth-century America. With Paul Brown's art, color is only an occasional adjunct playing a very secondary role to the use of the hard-edged line. His style has a calculated simplicity, a casual appearance, but is very carefully contrived and executed with much authority. Illustrations by Paul Brown drew heavily upon copious notes and studies, often aided by photography as well as photographic memory. Brown preferred to draw with a pencil and, although not fond of painting, successfully employed a technique of using tinted paper with white highlights. During the heyday of polo in the 1930's, Paul Brown immortalized the sport for many in his illustrations for Peter Vischer's POLO magazine, of which Brown was a member of the editorial board. "Today those historical moments are often taken for granted, as is much of the past, but we still have Paul Brown's unique legacy to breathe life into those special times." Illustrating and writing books became Brown's main occupation, and he worked with the major publishers of the day including The Derrydale Press, Charles Scribner's Sons, Dodd, Mead & Company.
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Paul Brown "Final Turn" Original Ink & Wash Drawing
Paul Brown "Final Turn" Original Ink & Wash Drawing

Paul Desmond Brown 1Paul Brown "Final Turn" Original Ink & Wash Drawing, 1945

$1,800

Paul Brown "Final Turn" Original Ink & Wash Drawing

By Paul Desmond Brown 1

Located in Bristol, CT

Art Sz: 7.5" x 9.25" Frame Sz: 13.25" x 15.5" Hand-signed by the artist LR Paul Desmond Brown 1893-1958, is widely regarded as the pre-eminent American illustrator of equestrian su...

Category

20th Century Paul Desmond Brown

Materials

Ink

Slater Going To His Own Kind at Aintree c1935 Watercolour
Slater Going To His Own Kind at Aintree c1935 Watercolour

Paul Desmond Brown 1Slater Going To His Own Kind at Aintree c1935 Watercolour, 1935

$2,400

Slater Going To His Own Kind at Aintree c1935 Watercolour

By Paul Desmond Brown 1

Located in Bristol, CT

PAUL DESMOND BROWN (American, 1893-1958) "Slater going to his own kind", ink and watercolor with white highlights, titled, signed, dated "35" lower right Art Sz: 8"H x 11"W Frame S...

Category

1930s Paul Desmond Brown

Materials

Watercolor

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