BROWN, J. APPLETON, born at Newburyport, Mass., July 24, 1844. Landscape painter; pupil of B. C. Porter, in Boston, and of Émile Lambinet in Paris. He painted his first notable studies in Switzerland during a trip through Europe. Studio in Boston. Works: Summer, View at Dives Calvados—France (1875); Old Road near Paris; November; On the Merrimac; Autumn; Storm at the Isles of Shoals; Glen Mill Brook—Byfield, Mass. (1881); Springtime (1884).—Art Journal (1879), 74; Sheldon, 117.
BROWN, JOHN, born in England, 16th
century. Was sergeant-painter to Henry
VIII., with a salary of £10 a year. In 1553
he built Painters' Hall for the company, and
his portrait is preserved there.—Redgrave.
BROWN, JOHN G., born at Durham,
England, Nov. 11, 1831. Genre painter;
studied first at Newcastle-on-Tyne, then at
Edinburgh Academy, and in 1853 in National
Academy Schools, New York. Professional
life passed in Brooklyn and New York.
Elected an A.N.A. in 1862, and N.A. in 1863.
Studio in New York. Works: Longshoreman's
Noon; Tough Customers; Country
Gallants; Thrilling Moment; Dress Parade;
Three (Scape) Graces; Left his Money on
the Piano; Curling in Central Park (1876);
Passing Show (1878); Sunny Day (1879);
Thrilling Moment (1880); Hiding, Long,
Long Ago (1881); Old Shaver (1883); Merry
Air and a Sad Heart, Amused (1884); Under
the Weather, Wounded Playfellow (1884);
A Jolly Lot, The Monopolist (1885)—Sheldon,
141.
BROWN, JOHN LEWIS, born at Bordeaux,
Aug. 16, 1829. Genre painter, chiefly
military and hunting scenes; pupil of C.
Roqueplan and of Belloc. Medals in 1865,
1866, and 1867; L. of Honour, 1870. Works:
A Drum, Nidjeb (a horse), Colledano Letrado
(a horse), Henriot on the 10th of August,
Custine at Spire (1848); An Outpost, Retreat
before Wolves, Steeple-Chase, Interior of a
Stable, Horses on the Turf (1861); Dogs
pausing, One of the Cent-Gardes, In the
Crimea (1863); Hunting Incident, In the
Woods of Vincennes in 1863, Encampment
of Spahis at St. Maur (1864); Imperial Military
Stud (bought by the Emperor), Pensioners'
Day, At the Outposts (1865); Riding
School (1866, bought by Emperor); Morning
in the Camp of Chalons, The Day after
(1867); two incidents in the War of Independence
and in Seven Years' War (1868);
Battle of Ligny in 1815, Count de Saxe
(1869); Hallali (1870); Reichshofen, Dogs
Running (1872); News of the Defeat of Weissenburg
brought to Hagenau, Outposts of
the First Corps in 1870 (1873); Landscape
with Animals, Zoölogical Garden, Incident
in Battle of Fröschwiller (1874); Norman
Jockeys, Interrupted Journey, Officer arresting
Salt-Smugglers (1875); Rising Tide,
Sentimental Journey (1876); Frenchmen
beating in Game, Visit to the Salt Marshes
of Croisic, Dutch Horses (1877); Incident in
the military life of Marshal Conflans, Hunting
Scene (1878); Officer attacked by Plunderers,
Souvenir of the Isle of Wight (1880);
Across Country (1881); Relay of Omnibus
Horses (1884); Hallali, Return from the Chase
(1885).
BROWNING, ROBERT BARRETT, born
in England about 1848. Genre painter;
son of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Studied at Antwerp and Paris. Works:
Worker in Brass—Antwerp (1878); Stall
in Fish Market at Antwerp, Dinant on
the Meuse (1879); Still Life, Disturbed
Life, Tan Garden—Dinant (1881); Vespers
(1882); Valley of the Meuse (1884); portrait
of Robert Browning (1885), Baliol College;
Landscape, Boston Museum of Fine Arts;
Meuse from Bouvigne, New York Museum.
Exhibited at Grosvenor Gallery (1884) a
bronze statue and two busts.
BROZIK, VACZLAV, born at Tzemoschna,
near Pilsen, Bohemia, in 1852. History
painter; pupil of the Prague Academy, in
Munich of Piloty, and in Paris of Munkacsy;
studio in Paris since 1876. Medal,
2d class, 1878. Works: Farewell of Ottokar
II. (1874), The Kiss, St. Iria, Dagmar,
