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The Arts & Crafts Movement The principles of the Arts and Crafts movement were initially frontiered in England through the efforts of John Ruskin and William Morris. Ruskin was not a craftsman but an academic scholar at Oxford. He believed passionately that the Industrial Revolution would erode the English countryside by turning it into factory fields while relegating the skilled English craftsman to the status of a laborer. The battle cry of his movement, [...] Click here to continue reading. Jennie Augusta Brownscombe (1850-1936 Jennie Augusta Brownscombe was born on Dec. 10th 1850 in a log cabin near Honesdale, Pennsylvania. As a young child she drew drawings and while still in elementary school she exhibited paintings at the Wayne Country Fair, where they won ribbons. She moved to New York and trained at Cooper Institute, (which later became Cooper Union School of Design), with Victor Nehlig. She then studied four years at the National [...] Click here to continue reading. George Elmer Browne (1871-1946) Born in 1871 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, George Elmer Browne was a popular impressionistic painter that was active in America and abroad. He studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School, the Cowles Art School and at the Academie Julian in Paris. While in Paris he also studied with the artist Robert-Fleury Lefebvre but did not espouse Cubism or Futurism both popular generas of that era. In 1904, the French [...] Click here to continue reading. George Loring Brown (American, 1814 to 1889) George Loring Brown earned the nickname “Claude” (after Claude Lorraine) for his vast landscapes and his time spent in Europe, often depicting figures in the foreground engaged in leisurely activity. In 1859, he returned to America and spent the next several years executing American landscapes. Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Inc., June 2008. American expatriate artist George Loring Brown produced many picturesque views of Italy over [...] Click here to continue reading. John Bunyan Briston (1826-1909) John Bristol, born near Hudson New York in 1826 took only a four week course in art and was otherwise self taught. Although he lived in New York City he traveled throughout New England each summer and painted scenes displaying water, land and mountain views. John Bristol exhibited at the National Academy of Design from 1858 to 1900, Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876 (where he was awarded a medal), [...] Click here to continue reading. Charles J. Bridgman (1841 to 1895). Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, Charles J. Bridgman studied at the National Academy of Design, Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Academie Julien. As an accomplished artist, Bridgman lived intermittently between Paris and New York City. Known for his genre scenes and figurative paintings, Bridgman evidently, by the exhibited title of his paintings, traveled to both New Orleans and Brittany. While in Brittany, he painted this charming image of French Carnival [...] Click here to continue reading. Alfred Thompson Bricher (1837 to 1908) Alfred T. Bricher was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, April 10, 1837. He took art lessons at Lowell Institute in Boston from 1851 to 1858. By 1856, his work focused on landscapes, particularly coastal landscapes. He spent time painting in New Hampshire with Albert Bierstadt, William Morris Hunt, and others. From 1858-1868, he maintained a studio in Boston and there familiarized himself with the work of Fitz [...] Click here to continue reading. George Douglas Brewerton (1827-1901) George Brewerton began life as part artist and part military man. Born in Newport, Rhode Island, he moved about frequently with his family. He attended West Point and was sent west in the late 1840s, and there he met Kit Carson. In 1852, Brewerton left the army and became a correspondent for the New York Times and Harper’s, and in 1854, he was admitted to the Kansas Bar. He painted [...] Click here to continue reading. George Henry Boughton (English/American, 1833-1905) Though he was born in Norwich, England, and lived in London for the second half of his life, Boughton’s formative years as a self-taught artist began in Albany, New York, where his family settled in the 1830′s. He was recognized as a leading landscape painter in the United States and abroad and was also a successful illustrator, illustrating editions of Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle and History of New [...] Click here to continue reading. Samuel Bough, (1822-1878) A native of Carlisle, Samuel Bough gained recognition as a landscape painter, inspired by the scenery of Northern England and Scotland. He began his career creating theater backdrops but later began to paint finely detailed landscapes. Bough was made a member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1875. Reference note courtesy of Coeur d’Alene Art Auction. |
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