The Lost Child
Type:Painting
Year:1881
Size:28.00" x 44.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed
John George Brown ART FOR SALE
1831 Durham, England - 1913 New York City. Known for: Juvenile-other figure and genre and landscape painting.
Born into a poor family in Durham, England, John George Brown earned a reputation as one of 19th-century America's most skilled painters of children, especially entrepreneurial, cheerful street... Read full biography
Born into a poor family in Durham, England, John George Brown earned a reputation as one of 19th-century America's most skilled painters of children, especially entrepreneurial, cheerful street urchins who earned a pittance as boot blacks, newspaper vendors, etc. In some circles, he was dubbed the... Read full biography
Born into a poor family in Durham, England, John George Brown earned a reputation as one of 19th-century America's most skilled painters of children, especially entrepreneurial, cheerful street urchins who earned a pittance as boot blacks, newspaper vendors, etc. In some circles, he was dubbed the "Boot Black Raphael" because of the glowing faces of his child figures and his skill of execution. His paintings of these sympathy-arousing children were so popular in a Victorian era of increased... Read full biography
Born into a poor family in Durham, England, John George Brown earned a reputation as one of 19th-century America's most skilled painters of children, especially entrepreneurial, cheerful street urchins who earned a pittance as boot blacks, newspaper vendors, etc. In some circles, he was dubbed the "Boot Black Raphael" because of the glowing faces of his child figures and his skill of execution. His paintings of these sympathy-arousing children were so popular in a Victorian era of increased industrialization that he became rich from painting sales as well as royalties from lithographs. Brown showed early drawing talent but was discouraged by his lawyer father who insisted that he learned a trade, so he apprenticed for seven years with a... Read full biography
Born into a poor family in Durham, England, John George Brown earned a reputation as one of 19th-century America's most skilled painters of children, especially entrepreneurial, cheerful street urchins who earned a pittance as boot blacks, newspaper vendors, etc. In some circles, he was dubbed the "Boot Black Raphael" because of the glowing faces of his child figures and his skill of execution. His paintings of these sympathy-arousing children were so popular in a Victorian era of increased industrialization that he became rich from painting sales as well as royalties from lithographs. Brown showed early drawing talent but was discouraged by his lawyer father who insisted that he learned a trade, so he apprenticed for seven years with a glass cutter at Newcastle-On-Tyne. He worked at this trade in Edinburgh, Scotland and attended the School of the Royal Scottish Academy under Robe... Read full biography
John George Brown - Art for Sale (4 available)
The Confab
Type:Painting
Year:1882
Size:25.00" x 30.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
EXHIBITED: 'Annual Exhibition.' Philadelphia Society of Artists, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. February, 1883. LITERATURE: HARPER'S WEEKLY, volume XXVII, no. 1373, April 14, 1883, p. 232
The Wading Party
Type:Painting
Year:1865
Size:10.00" x 16.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
"A group of eleven children wading in a shallow stream. They range in ages from about three to ten. The work dates from Brown's peak of his earlier style..." -Kennedy Galleries, Inc. November 1959.
The Berry Picker
Type:Painting
Year:1864
Size:14.12" x 10.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
A favorite theme, which began to appear around 1864, was that of a young girl leaning against a tree in a forest or woodland setting. Paintings such as The Little Queen of the Woods, Resting in the Woods, and The Berry Picker are charming statements about the innocence of girlhood.