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Paul Desmond Brown

Paul Desmond Brown (1893 - 1958) was active/lived in New York, Minnesota.  Paul Brown is known for Horse-action genre, illustration, etching.

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Paul Brown was an American illustrator of equestrian subjects although he was never formally trained as an artist.  He is primarily known for his paintings, drawings and sketches of horses and equestrian sports.  He is also well-known for his over three decades of illustrations for Brooks Brothers catalogs including more than one-thousand drawings.  These illustrations made him a major influence on the image of urban males in twentieth-century America.

With Paul Brown's art, color is only an occasional adjunct playing a very secondary role to the use of the hard-edged line.  His style has a calculated simplicity, a
casual appearance, but is very carefully contrived and executed with much authority.

Illustrations by Paul Brown drew heavily upon copious notes and studies, often aided by photography as well as photographic memory.  Brown preferred to draw with a pencil and, although not fond of painting, successfully employed a techn   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2483 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  14
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14 Book References for Paul Desmond Brown
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2001 Reed, Walt The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators 452 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1995 Fairley, John The Art of the Horse 192 Yes
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two) 396 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 Reed, Walt and Roger The Illustrator in America, 1880-1980: A Century of Illustration 355 Yes
1976 Samuels, Peggy and Harold The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West 549 No
1966 Reed, Walt The Illustrator in America 1900-1960s 272 Yes
1961 Mahony, Bertha E (others) Illustrators of Children's Books 1744-1945 527 No
1938 Bolton, Theodore American Book Illustrators Bibliographic Checklist of 123 Artists 290 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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