John Lewis Brown
Illustration — John Lewis Brown with wife and daughter by Giovanni Boldini John Lewis Brown (1829–1890) was a French battle, animal, and genre painter. He was born in Bordeaux of a Scottish family of Stuart partisans.
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John Lewis Brown
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- Full name
- Jean Louis Brown.
- Born
- John Lewis Brown was born on 16 August 1829. · Bordeaux.
- Died
- John Lewis Brown died on 14 November 1890. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · printmaker
- Fields
- history · genre
- Education
- École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort · Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Teachers
- Camille Roqueplan · Jean-Hilaire Belloc
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — John Lewis Brown with wife and daughter by Giovanni Boldini John Lewis Brown (1829–1890) was a French battle, animal, and genre painter. He was born in Bordeaux of a Scottish family of Stuart partisans.
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Early life and background
John Lewis Brown studied at École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort and Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Camille Roqueplan and Jean-Hilaire Belloc is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history and genre. Work by John Lewis Brown is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, Yale University Art Gallery, Musée d'Orsay, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris and Philadelphia Museum of Art. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Brown's great-grandfather was David Brown, former Governor of Danish India. Brown studied in the École des Beaux-Arts with Camille Roqueplan and Jean-Hilaire Belloc.
Career
Career
Brown is known for his pictures of hunting and military scenes, and his studies of horses and dogs. He painted a number of pictures from the American Revolutionary War, the Seven Years' War, and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. His presentation is often anecdotal and humorous, his work characterized by refinement and charm. The Luxembourg possesses his "Before the Start," the Gallery of Dublin, "The Mountebank." He was also an etcher and watercolorist. • Illustration — Battle of Reichshoffen • Illustration — Two Cavalry Officers • Illustration — Landscape with figures • Illustration — Amazone on horseback
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John Lewis Brown was born in Bordeaux.
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John Lewis Brown died in Paris.
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Bordeaux.
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Paris.
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• Notes • Sources • Bénédite in Revue de l'art ancien et moderne, volume xiii (Paris, 1903)
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- 1.Sisley: Royal Academy of Arts, Londres, 3 juillet-18 octobre 1992, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 28 octobre 1992-31 janvier 1993, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 14 mars-13 juin 1993, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1992, p. 282.
- 2.Renaissance du Musée de Brest, acquisitions récentes : [exposition], Musée du Louvre, Aile de Flore, Département des Peintures, - , Paris. 1974.
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- « Brown, John Lewis », in: Janine Bailly-Herzberg, Dictionnaire de l'estampe en France (1830-1950), Paris, Arts et métiers graphiques / Flammarion, 1985, .
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