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John George Brown Paintings

American, 1831-1913
John George Brown was born in 1831 near Durham, England. At fourteen he began a seven-year apprenticeship as a glass-cutter in Newcastle-on-Tyne, studying at night with William Bell Scott at the School of Design. From 1852 to 18253 he worked at the Holyrood Glass Works, Edinburgh, studying evenings at the Trustees Academy with Robert Scott Lauder. In 1853 Brown spent the summer in London where he painted a few portraits before emigrating to the United States that fall. He settled in Brooklyn finding work at the Brooklyn Flint Glass Company. During this time he attended the free classes offered at the Graham Art School and later studied under Thomas Seir Cummings at the National Academy of Design. In 1855, Brown opened a studio as a portrait painter. Brown received the support of the art dealer, Samuel S. P. Avery, and John H. Sherwood, collector and builder of the Sherwood Studio Building in 1880, who encouraged his turning from portraits to children as subjects. In 1859 Brown was one of the founding members of the Brooklyn Art Society and in 1861 a founding member of the Brooklyn Art Association. He moved to New York in 1861 finding quarters in the Tenth Street Studio Building where he maintained a studio for the rest of his life. Brown began in 1858 to exhibit at the National Academy, a practice he continued every year, except 1871, until his death. He was elected an associate of the Academy in 1861, full member in 1863, and served as its vice-president from 1899-1904. After turning to genre scenes of the street children of New York City in the 1860s, he soon became famous and wealthy. Brown copyrighted many of his paintings that were often reproduced commercially as chromolithographs or photographic reproductions. In 1867 he was elected one of the original members of the American Watercolor Society and was its president from 1887-1904. Brown and the art dealer, John Snedecor, travelled to Europe in 1870, visiting both London and Paris. During the summer months, he often explored the rural areas of New York and Vermont, as well as Grand Manan Island in the Bay of Fundy.
(Biography provided by Wiscasset Bay Gallery)
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Artist: John George Brown
Only A Nickel, Joe by John George Brown
By John George Brown
Located in New Orleans, LA
John George Brown 1831-1913 | British-American Only A Nickel, Joe Signed "Copyright / J.G. Brown N.A." (lower left) Oil on canvas A young shoeshine boy...
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20th Century Realist John George Brown Paintings

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"A Short Break from Work" Oil On Canvas / Board By John George Brown
By John George Brown
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"A Short Break from Work" captures the essence of a fleeting moment in the life of a young boy, skillfully portrayed by the artist John George Brown in oil on canvas or board. The sc...
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19th Century Academic John George Brown Paintings

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Oil Portrait of Child and Baby Sisters Playing
By John George Brown
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This beautiful oil on canvas painting of two sisters playing by the famous American Artist John G Brown has been lined. There is a slight touch up, and i...
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Late 19th Century Hudson River School John George Brown Paintings

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"Flower Girl, " John George Brown, Genre Painting, Street Figure
By John George Brown
Located in New York, NY
John George Brown (1831 - 1913) Flower Girl, circa 1900 Watercolor on paper 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches Signed lower left Period Hand Carved Foster Brothers Fram...
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Early 1900s Ashcan School John George Brown Paintings

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Young Girl in the Woods
By John George Brown
Located in Milford, NH
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The Confab
By John George Brown
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed and Dated Lower Left EXHIBITED:'Annual Exhibition.' Philadelphia Society of Artists, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. February, 1883. LITERATURE:HARPER'S WEEKLY, volume XXVII, no...
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1880s John George Brown Paintings

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Homeward Bound
By John George Brown
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right Homeward Bound is a product of John George Brown’s 1877 and 1878 trips to Grand Manan Island, off the coast of Maine in t...
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1870s John George Brown Paintings

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Lookey There!
By John George Brown
Located in Missouri, MO
John George Brown "Lookey There!" 1905 Oil on Canvas Signed and Dated Lower Right Site: approx 24 x 17 inches Framed: approx 30 x 24 inches Born into a poor family in Durh...
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The Monopolist
By John George Brown
Located in Fort Washington, PA
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