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1841 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - 1918 St. Peter, Minnesota. Known for: Topographic townscape, illustration, lithography.
Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Grafton Tyler Brown was an illustrator, landscape and frontier subject painter, and lithographer, who became California's first black sketch artist. He worked first... Read full biography
Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Grafton Tyler Brown was an illustrator, landscape and frontier subject painter, and lithographer, who became California's first black sketch artist. He worked first for the lithography firm of Kuchel and Dresel Company, whose specialty was views of California... Read full biography
Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Grafton Tyler Brown was an illustrator, landscape and frontier subject painter, and lithographer, who became California's first black sketch artist. He worked first for the lithography firm of Kuchel and Dresel Company, whose specialty was views of California mining towns and mining genre. His family were freed slaves who moved from Maryland in 1837 and arrived in San Francisco from Pennsylvania in the early 1860s. He traveled extensively in that state as well... Read full biography
Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Grafton Tyler Brown was an illustrator, landscape and frontier subject painter, and lithographer, who became California's first black sketch artist. He worked first for the lithography firm of Kuchel and Dresel Company, whose specialty was views of California mining towns and mining genre. His family were freed slaves who moved from Maryland in 1837 and arrived in San Francisco from Pennsylvania in the early 1860s. He traveled extensively in that state as well as surrounding areas, painting and drawing the landscape including birds-eye town views, a painting in 1886 of the Grand Canyon, and the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River in 1891. In 1861, he joined a lithography business, Kuchel and Dressel, and... Read full biography
Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Grafton Tyler Brown was an illustrator, landscape and frontier subject painter, and lithographer, who became California's first black sketch artist. He worked first for the lithography firm of Kuchel and Dresel Company, whose specialty was views of California mining towns and mining genre. His family were freed slaves who moved from Maryland in 1837 and arrived in San Francisco from Pennsylvania in the early 1860s. He traveled extensively in that state as well as surrounding areas, painting and drawing the landscape including birds-eye town views, a painting in 1886 of the Grand Canyon, and the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River in 1891. In 1861, he joined a lithography business, Kuchel and Dressel, and became a part of the management of that firm. The company was known for color views of cities, and... Read full biography
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Keywords (34)
Art Method
- •Cartography, Mapmaking, Globes, Topography
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Itinerant Artist
Art Media
- •Ink
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Birdseye, Aerial View
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Birdseye Town, Early Settlement View
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •National Parks and/or State Parks
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Grand Canyon, Arizona
- •Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park
- •Minnesota, Upper Mississippi Before 1900
- •Mount Hood
- •Northern California Before 1900
- •Pacific Northwest Before 1900
- •Southern California Before 1900
- •Yellowstone National Park
- •Yosemite National Park
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Evans-Tibbs Collections
- •Kahn Collection
Added Description
- •Expedition Artist of Drawings, Paintings, and/or Photographs
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean