Benjamin Brown (artist)
Benjamin Chambers Brown (July 14, 1865 – January 19, 1942) was a well-known California Impressionist landscape artist.
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Education
Born in Marion, Arkansas, Brown was trained as a photographer and studied at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts under Paul Harney and John Fry. He studied in Paris at the Académie Julian under Jean-Paul Laurens and Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant.
Career
During his early career, Brown traveled and worked in St. Louis, Little Rock and Texas. He initially specialized in portraiture and still life. Upon moving to Pasadena in 1896, he turned his attention to landscape. His first etchings were done in 1914. He co-founded the Print Makers of Los Angeles with his brother Howell, which later became the Los Angeles Society of Printmakers. He is nationally remembered for his impressionist landscapes of Sierra peaks and field poppies.
Brown was a member of the Pasadena Society of Artists, the California Art Club, the Chicago Society of Etchers, the American Federation of the Arts, and the Laguna Beach Art Association. His work was exhibited at the Del Monte Art Gallery before 1914, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (solos in 1915, 1917, 1918 and group show in 1929) and the Oakland Art Gallery in 1932. During this time, he received awards including the bronze medal, Portland Expo, 1905; silver medal, Seattle Expo, 1909; bronze medal (etching), Panama Pacific International Exposition, 1915; silver and gold medals, Panama-California Expo, San Diego, 1915; and many at the Los Angeles County and State Fairs.
Legacy
Brown's works are held by the Oakland Museum of California, the British Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, the Los Angeles, California Municipal Art Collection, the Montclair, New Jersey Museum, the Little Rock, Arkansas Museum, the Cleveland, Ohio Museum, the Sacramento, California State Library, the Boise, Idaho Public Library, the Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, California, the Helens, Arkansas Public Library, the Pasadena, California Public Library, the Museum of New Mexico, The Fleischer Museum, Scottsdale, Arizona and the Irvine, California Museum.
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