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1850 Honesdale, Pennsylvania - 1936 Bayside, New York. Known for: Genre, historical, portrait and figure painting, illustration.
Jennie Augusta Brownscombe was born on Dec. 10th 1850 in a log cabin near Honesdale, PA. the only daughter of William and Elvira (Kennedy) Brownscombe. She began to draw pictures as a child and while... Read full biography
Jennie Augusta Brownscombe was born on Dec. 10th 1850 in a log cabin near Honesdale, PA. the only daughter of William and Elvira (Kennedy) Brownscombe. She began to draw pictures as a child and while in grade school she exhibited paintings at the Wayne Country Fair, where they won ribbons. After... Read full biography
Jennie Augusta Brownscombe was born on Dec. 10th 1850 in a log cabin near Honesdale, PA. the only daughter of William and Elvira (Kennedy) Brownscombe. She began to draw pictures as a child and while in grade school she exhibited paintings at the Wayne Country Fair, where they won ribbons. After her father's death she went to the Cooper Institute (later Cooper Union) School of Design, where she studied under Victor Nehlig. She later took classes at the National Academy of Design with Lemuel E.... Read full biography
Jennie Augusta Brownscombe was born on Dec. 10th 1850 in a log cabin near Honesdale, PA. the only daughter of William and Elvira (Kennedy) Brownscombe. She began to draw pictures as a child and while in grade school she exhibited paintings at the Wayne Country Fair, where they won ribbons. After her father's death she went to the Cooper Institute (later Cooper Union) School of Design, where she studied under Victor Nehlig. She later took classes at the National Academy of Design with Lemuel E. Wilmarth and at the Art Students League in NYC. She went abroad to study with Henry Mosler, an American genre painter working in Brittany. An eye injury suffered soon after her return to the states in 1883 kept her from painting for a year. She was a... Read full biography
Jennie Augusta Brownscombe was born on Dec. 10th 1850 in a log cabin near Honesdale, PA. the only daughter of William and Elvira (Kennedy) Brownscombe. She began to draw pictures as a child and while in grade school she exhibited paintings at the Wayne Country Fair, where they won ribbons. After her father's death she went to the Cooper Institute (later Cooper Union) School of Design, where she studied under Victor Nehlig. She later took classes at the National Academy of Design with Lemuel E. Wilmarth and at the Art Students League in NYC. She went abroad to study with Henry Mosler, an American genre painter working in Brittany. An eye injury suffered soon after her return to the states in 1883 kept her from painting for a year. She was a specialist in genre scenes of early American history and this is what she became best know... Read full biography
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Keywords (49)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Charcoal
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Gouache
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •American Flag Images
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Catskill Mountains, New York
- •Europe
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •Boston Art Club
- •Brooklyn Art Association
- •National Arts Club, New York
- •National Association of Women Artists, Painters and Sculptors
- •Salons of America
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Student
- •National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Louise and Alan Sellars Collection
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •HARPER'S WEEKLY, BAZAAR, MONTHLY Illustrator/Photos
- •Narrative Specialty
- •SCRIBNER'S Magazine Illustrator and/or Photographer
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Trans-Mississippi & International Exposition, 1898, Omaha
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •Brooklyn Art Association-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •National Association of Women Artists, Painters and Sculptors)
- •Salons of America-
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition By An Art School
- •Royal Academy of the Arts, England
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts