Benjamin Chambers Brown, (1865-1942 Pasadena, CA)
Venice
Oil on canvas
18" H x 24" W
Private collection
Benjamin Chambers Brown (July 14, 1865 – January 19,
1942) was a California Impressionist landscape artist. He was one
of their five children. He grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas. Brown was trained
as a photographer. He studied at the University of Tennessee, and later at the
St. Louis School of Fine Arts under Paul Harney and John Fry in 1884. He
studied in Paris at the Académie Julian under Jean-Paul Laurens and Jean-Joseph
Benjamin-Constant in 1890.
During his
early career, Brown traveled and worked in St. Louis, Little Rock and Texas. In
St. Louis, Brown taught at the St. Louis Art School. He went on to open his own
school in Little Rock. He initially specialized in portraiture and still life.
Upon moving to Pasadena in 1896, he began to paint landscapes. By 1905 he had
become famous for his paintings. From 1909 to 1910, Brown had a studio in Mill
Valley, California.
His first
etchings were done in 1914. He co-founded the Print Makers of Los Angeles with
his brother Howell in 1914, which later became the Los Angeles Society of
Printmakers. His notable works include his impressionist landscapes of Sierra
peaks and field poppies.
Brown tried to sell his artwork in New York City; however,
it did not sell as well as it had in California. Instead of opening a studio in
the city, he began to sign California under his own signature to show how proud
he was to be a Californian, in spite of potential stigmas. More Benjamin
Chambers Brown
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