George Elmer Browne
George Elmer Browne | |
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 Browne in 1919 | |
| Born | 1871 Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States |
| Died | 1946 Provincetown, United States |
| Occupation | Artist |
George Elmer Browne (May 6, 1871[1]–1946) was an American artist known in France and Massachusetts.
Biography
[edit]Browne was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He studied in Boston at the Cowles Art School and the Museum of Fine Arts before completing his education under Jules Lefebvre and Tony Robert-Fleury in Paris.[2] He founded the West End School of Art at his summer home in Provincetown in 1916 at the tip of Cape Cod far away from his studio in New York. The group was influenced by the impressionists and was among five schools in the town.[3] Browne was very well regarded in France and became a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor.[4] Browne has work in Provincetown Museum. In 1919, Browne was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full member in 1928.
Daisy Marguerite Hughes was among Browne's pupils.[5]
Browne died in Provincetown.
References
[edit]- ^ BROWNE, George Elmer, in Who's Who in America (1926 edition); p. 360
- ^ Benezit Dictionary of artists
- ^ O'Connell, Jame C. (2003). Becoming Cape Cod: creating a seaside resort p.84. University of New Hampshire. ISBN 9781584651826.
- ^ "George Elmer Browne". EmergencyGallery. Archived from the original on 28 January 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
External links
[edit]- Works by or about George Elmer Browne at the Internet Archive
- George Elmer Browne exhibition catalogs
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