Addison Gallery of American Art
Phillips Academy
Andover, MA 01810-4166
Andover, MA 01810-4166
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1855 Shelbyville, Tennessee - 1941 Hanover, New Hampshire. Known for: Indian figure, portrait and genre painting, teaching.
Raised in Danbury, Connecticut, George de Forest Brush became a figure and portrait painter, especially of Plains Indian subjects whose tribal customs and traditions he depicted in a romantic style.... Read full biography
Raised in Danbury, Connecticut, George de Forest Brush became a figure and portrait painter, especially of Plains Indian subjects whose tribal customs and traditions he depicted in a romantic style. Unlike his peers, Frederic Remington and Charles Russell, he was not interested in dramatic scenes... Read full biography
Raised in Danbury, Connecticut, George de Forest Brush became a figure and portrait painter, especially of Plains Indian subjects whose tribal customs and traditions he depicted in a romantic style. Unlike his peers, Frederic Remington and Charles Russell, he was not interested in dramatic scenes but painted daily life, which presented a new aspect of these people to eastern viewers. He also painted "modern madonnas" or straightforward portraits of women, often with his wife, Mittie, and his... Read full biography
Raised in Danbury, Connecticut, George de Forest Brush became a figure and portrait painter, especially of Plains Indian subjects whose tribal customs and traditions he depicted in a romantic style. Unlike his peers, Frederic Remington and Charles Russell, he was not interested in dramatic scenes but painted daily life, which presented a new aspect of these people to eastern viewers. He also painted "modern madonnas" or straightforward portraits of women, often with his wife, Mittie, and his children as the models. He enrolled at age 16 for three years, 1871 to 1874, at the National Academy of Design with Lemuel Wilmarth. In 1873, thanks to an anonymous benefactor, he enrolled, along with Abbott Thayer, at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris... Read full biography
Raised in Danbury, Connecticut, George de Forest Brush became a figure and portrait painter, especially of Plains Indian subjects whose tribal customs and traditions he depicted in a romantic style. Unlike his peers, Frederic Remington and Charles Russell, he was not interested in dramatic scenes but painted daily life, which presented a new aspect of these people to eastern viewers. He also painted "modern madonnas" or straightforward portraits of women, often with his wife, Mittie, and his children as the models. He enrolled at age 16 for three years, 1871 to 1874, at the National Academy of Design with Lemuel Wilmarth. In 1873, thanks to an anonymous benefactor, he enrolled, along with Abbott Thayer, at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris as a pupil of Jean-Leon Gerome, whose academic style, solidly constructed figures, and highly finished technique had continuing influence on Br... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (37)
All MuseumsArt Institute of Chicago, AIC
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603-6110Ball State University Museum of Art
2000 W. University Avenue
Muncie, IN 47306Buffalo AKG Art Museum
1285 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222Butler Institute of American Art
524 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44502Canton Museum of Art
1001 Market Avenue North
Canton, OH 44702Carnegie Museum of Art
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080Chrysler Museum of Art
245 West Olney Road
Norfolk, VA 23510Crocker Art Museum
216 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
600 Museum Way
Bentonville, AR 72712Greenville County Museum of Art
420 College Street
Greenville, SC 29601High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036Maier Museum of Art, Randolph College
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
One Quinlan Street
Lynchburg, VA 24503-1526Mead Art Museum, Amherst College
Amherst College
Po Box 5000
Amherst, MA 01002Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1001 Bissonnet
Po Box 6826
Houston, TX 77005National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004National Museum of Asian Art
Smithsonian Institution
1050 Independence Ave SW
Washington, DC 20560National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20001New-York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street At Central Park
New York City, NY 10024Plainfield Historical Society
P.O. Box 307
Plainfield, NH 03781Portland Art Museum, Oregon
1219 Sw Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205RISD Museum
224 Benefit Street
20 North Main Street
Providence, RI 02903-2723San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101Smith College Museum of Art
20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace
Northampton, MA 01063St. Louis Mercantile Library At The University Of Missouri - St. Louis
Thomas Jefferson Library Building
One University Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63121The A. Phimister Proctor Foundation
2442 258th Court S.E.
Sammamish, WA 98075The Arkell Museum at Canajoharie
2 Erie Boulevard
Canajoharie, NY 13317The Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052The Columbus Museum (COMU)
1251 Wynnton Road
Columbus, GA 31906The Hermitage Museum & Gardens
7637 North Shore Rd.
Norfolk, VA 23505The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102The Toledo Museum of Art
2445 Monroe Street
Box 1013
Toledo, OH 43697Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
401 Museum Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21741-0423