About George Douglas Brewerton

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    Born in Newport, Rhode Island, George Brewerton was a sketch artist, journalist, pastor, author, and army officer. As an early sketch artist, he was in California in 1847 and 1848 during the Mexican/American War. However, he became best known as a painter of western landscapes in oil and pastel.

    He was born in Newport, Rhode Island and raised throughout the Northeast as the family followed his father who was a Brigadier General and who from 1845 to 1852, was superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. During this time, young Brewerton studied with Robert Weir, who was then the drawing master at West Point. He also trained for a military career at West Point, and in 1846 sailed to Calif...

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