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Paul Desmond Brown Paintings

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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Artist: Paul Desmond Brown
Chestnut Horse Oil on Board by Paul Brown
Chestnut Horse Oil on Board by Paul Brown

Chestnut Horse Oil on Board by Paul Brown

By Paul Desmond Brown 1

Located in Bristol, CT

Art Sz: 14"H x 18"W On masonite board Provenance: The Estate of Paul Desmond Brown Paul Desmond Brown (American, 1893-1958) was an artist, illustrator, and chronicler of sporting ...

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20th Century Paul Desmond Brown Paintings

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Fox-Hunter In A Landscape O/C by Paul Brown
Fox-Hunter In A Landscape O/C by Paul Brown

Fox-Hunter In A Landscape O/C by Paul Brown

By Paul Desmond Brown 1

Located in Bristol, CT

Canvas Sz: 21 1/2"H x 28 1/2"W Frame Sz: 24 5/8"H x 31 7/8"W Provenance: The Estate of Paul Desmond Brown Paul Desmond Brown (American, 1893-1958) was an artist, illustrator, and ...

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20th Century Paul Desmond Brown Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Clearing The Water Jump Oil on Board by Paul Brown
Clearing The Water Jump Oil on Board by Paul Brown

Clearing The Water Jump Oil on Board by Paul Brown

By Paul Desmond Brown 1

Located in Bristol, CT

Art Sz: 14"H x 18"W Oil on masonite board Provenance: The Estate of Paul Desmond Brown Paul Desmond Brown (American, 1893-1958) was an artist, illustrator, and chronicler of sport...

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20th Century Paul Desmond Brown Paintings

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Oil, Masonite

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Framed Size: 17"H x 16"W Winston Frederick Churchill Guest (1906 –1982), was an Anglo-American polo champion and a member of the Guest family of Britain. His father was Frederick Guest was a British politician and his mother, Amy Phipps, daughter of Henry Phipps, Jr., an American businessman and philanthropist. He was a second cousin of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. His brother, Raymond R. Guest was the United States Ambassador to Ireland from 1965 to 1968. Guest was a member of the international team of the United States which won the International Polo Cup in 1930, 1936 and 1939. He was the only player in the history of the Indoor Polo Association with the top rating of ten goals. He graduated from Yale University in 1927 and received a law degree from Columbia University in 1942. In 1934, he married Helena Woolworth McCann. They subsequently divorced in 1944. In 1947, he married Lucy Douglas Cochrane (1920-2003), later known as C. Z. Guest. Artist Bio: Paul Desmond Brown (1893-1958) was born in Minnesota and soon moved to New York City with his family. A quote from his biography:"Paul Brown told his host on a radio interview held in September of 1956, 'One day in 1904, I got 50 cents someplace and went over to the National Horse Show at the old Madison Square Garden and saw 'fine leppers,' [a term used for jumpers] as we called them. At the age of 17, his family relocated again to Garden City on Long Island, where Brown had the opportunity to explore polo grounds...

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