Walter Francis Brown
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Walter Francis Brown (10 January 1853 Providence, Rhode Island, – 7 November 1929 Venice, Italy) was an American painter and illustrator.[1][2]
Walter Francis Brown was born to the marriage of Samuel Welch Brown (1824–1907) and Mary Elizabeth Thurber (maiden; 1827–1912). He earned a Bachelor of Philosophy degree from Brown University in 1873.[3][4] He continued his studies in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts with Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) and Léon Bonnat (1833–1922).[5] Brown then moved to Venice, established a studio at Palazzo da Mula, and specialized, among other things, painting city views. He illustrated books, including Settlement of Rhode Island (1874), by Charles Thurber Miller (1828–1876),[6] and A Tramp Abroad (1889), by Mark Twain.[7][2] He also contributed to Harper's Weekly, Leslie's, and St. Nicholas. Much of Brown's work is held by Brown University at the John Hay Library.
Selected work
- Wright, Margaret Barker (May 1878). "Bohemian Days". Scribner's Monthly. 14 (1). Brown, Walter Francis (illustrator): 121–129. Retrieved February 23, 2021 – via Google Books.
- Reynolds, Daniel Carpenter (1876). Romance in Smoke (children's poetry with illustrations). Brown, Walter Francis (illustrator). pp. 121–129. LCCN 29025577. OCLC 669225223. Retrieved February 23, 2021 – via Internet Archive.
