Biografie von Belmore BROWNE (1880-1954)

Birth place: Tompkinsville, NY

Death place: Ross, CA

Addresses: Ross, CA; Alberta, Canada

Profession: Painter, writer, illustrator, lecturer

Studied: NAD; with W.M. Chase, C. Beckwith; Académie Julian, Paris; with J.P. Laurens, 1908

Exhibited: NAD, 1914-50 (Ranger purchase award); PAFA, 1923, 1926-27, 1931; Corcoran Gal., 1921; AFA traveling exh.; GGE, 1939

Member: ANA, 1928; Alberta SA.

Work: NGA; Am. Mus. Natural Hist.; Albright Art Gal.; Amherst College; Santa Barbara Mus. Nat. Hist.; Springfield Art Assoc.; Calif. Acad. Sciences; Shelburne (VT) Mus.

Comments: Positions: illus., 1902-12; dir., Santa Barbara Sch. Arts, 1930-34. Auth./illus., Alaskan travel books. Illus., U.S. Air Force manuals, 1951-52.

Sources: WW53; WW47; P&H Samuels, 70; Muller, Paintings and Drawings at the Shelburne Museum,36 (w/repros.)