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| John George Brown
American 1831 -1913
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| Born: |
Durham Great Britain
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| Died: |
New York New York
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| Active: |
Great Britain
Scotland
Brooklyn, New York c.1853-on
New York, New York c.1853-on
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| Addresses: |
Brooklyn New York
New York New York
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| Studied: |
England
National Academy of Design
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| Instructors: |
William B. Scott
Thomas Seir Cummings
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| Exhibited: |
Brooklyn Art Association 1851-1891
National Academy of Design (often between 1858-1900)
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1876, 1883, 1888, 1894
Boston Art Club 1879, 1882, 1885, 1895
Art Institute of Chicago
Boston Athenaeum
Paris Exposition 1889
Mechanics Institution, Boston
California 1894
Pan American Exposition 1901
Corcoran Gallery 1907-1908
Pan American Exposition
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| Examples of Work: |
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Peabody Institute, Baltimore
G.W.V. Smith Art Gallery, Springfield, MA
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| Specialty: |
Painter
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| Style/School: |
Hudson River School
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| Subjects Known For: |
Genre
Landscapes
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| Memberships: |
National Academy of Design ANA 1861; NA 1863
Century Association
American Watercolor Society
Artists' Fund Society of New York
Salmagundi Club, New York
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| Teaching Positions: |
National Academy of Design
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John George Brown was born in 1831 in England and immigrated to America in 1853. While in England he studied under William B. Scott and continuing his education at the National Academy of Design in NYC. Brown was one of th...
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John George Brown's sentimentalized portrayals of street urchins, reproduced by the thousands, made him the richest and most celebrated genre painter in turn of the century America. Born in Durham, England in 1831, Brown studied art in England and Scotland before coming to America in 1853. ...
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J. G. Brown was one of America's most beloved genre painters, whose picturesque street urchins signify antebellum taste and culture. Born in Durham, England, Brown imported a Dickensian eye for youthful energy and urban bustle...
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