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Harrison Bird Brown

Harrison Bird Brown (1831 - 1915) was active/lived in California, Maine / England.  Harrison Brown is known for Landscape, marine, and portrait painter, survey artist.

Harrison Bird Brown was born in 1831 in Portland, Maine, and is best known for his White Mountain landscapes and marine paintings of Maine's Casco Bay.  By 1860, Brown was being praised as a leading American marine painter. Known also as Harry B., Henry B., and some times mistakenly as Henry Box Brown (Eason), he began an apprenticeship at age 21 with house and ship painters Forbes and Wilson. He then became a banner and sign painter, under the name "H. B. Brown, Banner & Ornamental, Painter".

Landscape painting was popular in the mid 19th century, thanks in part to the influence of Charles Codman (1800-1842), whose paintings were collected for their very romantic sentiments.  It is possible that Brown saw examples of Codman's poetic paintings, and was influenced by his works.

Brown was one of the early artists to paint the coastline of Maine's Monhegan Island, where he depicted the headlands as awesome, mystical forces. Humanity versus natur   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4290 characters.]  Artist bio

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