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John G Brown

John G Brown

John George Brown painted the street children of New York: bootblacks, newsboys, flower sellers and young musicians, cheerful, ragged and full of character. His pictures are warm and anecdotal, sharply drawn and brightly coloured, and they were hugely popular in his day.

Born in Durham, England, in 1831, he was apprenticed as a glass cutter at 14 and studied art at night in Newcastle and Edinburgh. He emigrated to New York in 1853, trained at the National Academy of Design and opened his studio in 1860. He became a full Academician in 1861, later the Academy’s vice-president, and was president of the American Watercolor Society for many years. He said he painted poor boys not only because the public liked them, but because he had once been a poor lad himself. He died in New York in 1913. The Cider Mill is in the Terra Foundation for American Art.

A Confab and A Joint Investment catch the humour of his young street traders.

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A Breezy Morning by John G Brown, hand-painted oil painting reproductionA Breezy MorningJohn G Brown$249A Confab by John G Brown, hand-painted oil painting reproductionA ConfabJohn G Brown$249A Joint Investment by John G Brown, hand-painted oil painting reproductionA Joint InvestmentJohn G Brown$249A Leisure Hour by John G Brown, hand-painted oil painting reproductionA Leisure HourJohn G Brown$249Your own photo?

People, pets, houses and places, painted in oil by hand.

Commission a painting A Liberated Woman by John G Brown, hand-painted oil painting reproductionA Liberated WomanJohn G Brown$259A New Weight by John G Brown, hand-painted oil painting reproductionA New WeightJohn G Brown$259A Story of the Sea by John G Brown, hand-painted oil painting reproductionA Story of the SeaJohn G Brown$259A Street Fair by John G Brown, hand-painted oil painting reproductionA Street FairJohn G Brown$249A Thrilling Moment by John G Brown, hand-painted oil painting reproductionA Thrilling MomentJohn G Brown$249A Young Girl by the Window by John G Brown, hand-painted oil painting reproductionA Young Girl by the WindowJohn G Brown$259After the Hunt in the Adirondacks by John G Brown, hand-painted oil painting reproductionAfter the Hunt in the AdirondacksJohn G Brown$249Against His Will by John G Brown, hand-painted oil painting reproductionAgainst His WillJohn G Brown$249Among the Trees by John G Brown, hand-painted oil painting reproductionAmong the TreesJohn G Brown$249An Idle Hour by John G Brown, hand-painted oil painting reproductionAn Idle HourJohn G Brown$259Banana Boy by John G Brown, hand-painted oil painting reproductionBanana BoyJohn G Brown$249Best Friends by John G Brown, hand-painted oil painting reproductionBest FriendsJohn G Brown$259Blackberry Picking by John G Brown, hand-painted oil painting reproductionBlackberry PickingJohn G Brown$259Broken Parasol by John G Brown, hand-painted oil painting reproductionBroken ParasolJohn G Brown$249Coming over the Hills by John G Brown, hand-painted oil painting reproductionComing over the HillsJohn G Brown$249Coming Thro’ the Rye by John G Brown, hand-painted oil painting reproductionComing Thro’ the RyeJohn G Brown$259Coming up Short by John G Brown, hand-painted oil painting reproductionComing up ShortJohn G Brown$249Courting by John G Brown, hand-painted oil painting reproductionCourtingJohn G Brown$249Crossing the Brook by John G Brown, hand-painted oil painting reproductionCrossing the BrookJohn G Brown$249
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