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Harrison Bird Brown
American 1831 -1915
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Born: |
Portland Maine
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Died: |
London Great Britain
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Active: |
Portland Maine 1831-1852, 1860 San Francisco California 1852-1860 London Great Britain 1892-on
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Addresses: |
507 1/2 Congress Street Portland, Maine 1891 Studio Cushings Island Maine Studio
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Exhibited: |
National Academy of Design 1858-1875 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1876 Centennial Exhibition 1876 Philadelphia 1876 Boston London
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Examples of Work: |
Portland Museum of Art, Maine
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Specialty: |
Painter Sign Painter
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Style/School: |
White Mountains Hudson River School
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Subjects Known For: |
Coastal Landscapes
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Memberships: |
Portland Society of Artists 1892
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Artist Profile |
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BIOGRAPHY: |
(1831-1915) Harrison B. Brown was born in Portland, Maine and won wide acclaim for his paintings of Maine and the White Mountains. He is also known as Henry Box Brown, and is thought to have changed his name in the early 1850s,...
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Harrison Bird Brown began his career as a modest beginning as a sign painter. He later turned to painting and established himself as one of the most celebrated landscape painters in Maine during the second half o...
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Born in Portland, Maine, Brown became one of the most celebrated painters of the New England landscape. Striking for their rich colors and bold light, his landscapes and seascapes express a highly romantic view of nature. Brow...
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