John Lewis Brown

John Lewis Brown

John Lewis Brown (1829-1892) was a French battle, animal, and genre painter. He was born in Bordeaux of a Scottish family of Stuart partisans. He studied in the cole des BeauxArts with Roqueplan and Belloc. He is known for his pictures of hunting and military scenes, and his studies of horses and dogs. He painted a number of admirable pictures from the American Revolutionary War, the Seven Years' War, and the War of 1870. His presentation is clever and humorous, his work characterized by refinement and charm. The Luxembourg possesses his "Before the Start," the Gallery of Dublin, "The Mountebank." He was also an excellent etcher and aquarellist.

Publications

* Bénédite in "Revue de l'art ancien et moderne", volume xiii (Paris, 1903)


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