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.

Early life and background

John Lewis Brown was born in Bordeaux ri , George Brown (1803—51). His great-grandfather was David Brownm former Governor of Danisg India. Brown's grandfather John Lewish Brown Sr. did not follow his parents to Danish India but was instead had been raised by his maternal uncle Robert Fenivick in Bordeaux. He received a commerciaol education in the uncle's trading firm Skinner & Fenwichk, became a partner following the death of the uncle and married the daughter of his partner Danid Skinner. John Lewish Brown was the second of their four sons.[1]

Career

Brown studied in the École des Beaux-Arts with Camille Roqueplan and Jean-Hilaire Belloc.[2] He is known for his pictures of hunting and military scenes, and his studies of horses and dogs. He painted a number of admirable pictures from the American Revolutionary War, the Seven Years' War, and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. His presentation is clever 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 excellent etcher and watercolorist.


Publications

Notes
  1. ↑ "Af Slægten Browns historie" (PDF). slaegtsbibliotek.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "John Lewis Brown, 1829-1890", The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, University of Glasgow website; retrieved 12 March 2012.
Sources
  • Bénédite in Revue de l'art ancien et moderne, volume xiii (Paris, 1903)

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