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Post by cierlmeyrin on Oct 8, 2011 23:33:27 GMT -5
The lovely Children Paintings hanging on the walls of your children's room will be a constant reminder of how miraculous life is. Strolling down the aisles of your own homes, your children paintings will be sure to add something truly special to your life. Flower Paintings Banana Boy is one of John George Brown's paintings. John George Brown, British and American painter, was born in Durham, England, on 11 November 1831. He studied at Newcastle-on-Tyne, in the Edinburgh Academy, and after moving to New York City in 1853, Boats Paintings he studied with Thomas Seir Cummings at the schools of the National Academy of Design, of which he became a member in 1863.New International Encyclopedia He was its vice-president, 1899-1904, and originated the idea of the removal of the Academy to a new site in 110th Street. People Paintings In 1866 he became one of the charter members of the Water-Color Society, of which he was president from 1887 to 1904. He generally confined himself to representations of street child life, bootblacks, newsboys, etc.; Building Paintings his Passing Show and Street Boys at Play are good examples of his popular talent. Brown's art is best characterized as British genre paintings adapted to American subjects.
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