Brandywine Museum of Art
One Hoffmans Mill Road
Po Box 141
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
Po Box 141
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
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Museums page for Arthur William Brown ((1881 - 1966)), known for Magazine story art illustration. Showing 3 museum collections and exhibitions.
Arthur William Brown MUSEUMS
1881 Hamilton, Ontario - 1966. Known for: Magazine story art illustration.
Arthur William Brown /. A W Brown. (1881 - 1966). "Brownie," as his artist friends called him, epitomizes the rule of "90% of life is just showing up." A Canadian school drop out, he worked on a... Read full biography
Arthur William Brown /. A W Brown. (1881 - 1966). "Brownie," as his artist friends called him, epitomizes the rule of "90% of life is just showing up." A Canadian school drop out, he worked on a steamer, sketching in his spare time (he sold these to newspapers). Saving his earnings, he enrolled at... Read full biography
Arthur William Brown /. A W Brown. (1881 - 1966). "Brownie," as his artist friends called him, epitomizes the rule of "90% of life is just showing up." A Canadian school drop out, he worked on a steamer, sketching in his spare time (he sold these to newspapers). Saving his earnings, he enrolled at the Art Student's League and studied under Walter Appleton Clark, F W DuMond, and FR Gruger. When a friend got a job from the Saturday Evening Post to cover a circus, Brownie went along. The Post... Read full biography
Arthur William Brown /. A W Brown. (1881 - 1966). "Brownie," as his artist friends called him, epitomizes the rule of "90% of life is just showing up." A Canadian school drop out, he worked on a steamer, sketching in his spare time (he sold these to newspapers). Saving his earnings, he enrolled at the Art Student's League and studied under Walter Appleton Clark, F W DuMond, and FR Gruger. When a friend got a job from the Saturday Evening Post to cover a circus, Brownie went along. The Post liked the article AND Brown's circus drawings, which bought them, a relationship between publisher and artist that lasted 40-years. Brown's pencils appeared in most Post issues from the teens on. He concentrated on story art (no covers) for Collier's,... Read full biography
Arthur William Brown /. A W Brown. (1881 - 1966). "Brownie," as his artist friends called him, epitomizes the rule of "90% of life is just showing up." A Canadian school drop out, he worked on a steamer, sketching in his spare time (he sold these to newspapers). Saving his earnings, he enrolled at the Art Student's League and studied under Walter Appleton Clark, F W DuMond, and FR Gruger. When a friend got a job from the Saturday Evening Post to cover a circus, Brownie went along. The Post liked the article AND Brown's circus drawings, which bought them, a relationship between publisher and artist that lasted 40-years. Brown's pencils appeared in most Post issues from the teens on. He concentrated on story art (no covers) for Collier's, College Humor, Redbook, and Cosmopolitan. He also contributed posters for the WWI ef... Read full biography
Arthur William Brown - Artist Info
About Arthur William Brown: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (3)
All MuseumsNeuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400University of Michigan Museum of Art, UMMA
525 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1354