John George Brown, The Longshoremen's Noon

John George Brown

American · 1831–1913 · Painter, Printmaker

John George Brown was a British citizen and an American painter who specialized in genre scenes. (Wikipedia)

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  1. John George Brown, Watching the Train, 1881, oil on canvasWatching the TrainCoeur d'Alene Art Auction · $363,000≈ £272,441≈ €319,065Sign up to see
  2. John George Brown, A Slight Misunderstanding, circa 1894, oil on canvasA Slight MisunderstandingBonhams · $72,500≈ £49,808≈ €64,279Sign up to see
  3. John George Brown, The Study Hour, 1905, oil on canvasThe Study HourBonhams · $46,875≈ £29,202≈ €36,498Sign up to see

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John George Brown was a British citizen and an American painter who specialized in genre scenes.

Excerpt from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1831, DurhamDied 1913, New York CityOccupation Painter, PrintmakerWikidata Q2919973 ↗ULAN 500000315 ↗Museum works 17

Also known as Brown, g. brown, j. g. brown

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

John George Brown, The Longshoremen's Noon
The Longshoremen's Noon1879 · oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Ga…
John George Brown, A Longshoreman
A Longshoremann.d. · oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase by …
John George Brown, The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson1870 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Colonel Charles A. Fowler, 1921 — Ope…
John George Brown, To Decide the Question
To Decide the Question1897 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of E. Everett Dickinson Jr., 1963 — Open…
John George Brown, Meditation
Meditationca. 1900–1910 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, George A. Hearn Fund, 1909 — Open Access (CC0)
John George Brown, Business Neglected
Business Neglectedc. 1884 · etching and drypoint
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift …
John George Brown, Two young boys standing on a cobblestone sidewalk against a wall near a green painted door
Two young boys standing on a cobblestone sidewalk against a wall near a green painted door
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
John George Brown, Selbstporträt
Selbstporträt1908
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
John George Brown, The Monopolist
The Monopolist1885
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
John George Brown, Sympathy
Sympathy
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
John George Brown, The Lost Child
The Lost Child1881
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
John George Brown, Boy Fishing
Boy Fishing1877
Santa Barbara Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Santa Barbara Museum of Art
John George Brown, Pull for the Shore
Pull for the Shore1886
Santa Barbara Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Santa Barbara Museum of Art
John George Brown, Dear old grannie
Dear old grannie
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
John George Brown, A Builder of Boats
A Builder of Boatsc. 1904 · oil on canvas
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection — Open Access (CC0)
John George Brown, Boy Playing a Flute
Boy Playing a Flutec. 1860 · Etching on ivory chine paper, laid down on cream wove cardboard
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and…
John George Brown, Business Neglected
Business Neglectedetching
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George A. Goddard — Open Access (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: auction results, Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), Smithsonian Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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