Men of the Time, eleventh edition/Brown, John G.
BROWN, John G., figure painter, born in the north of England, Nov. 11, 1831. He commenced his art studies at the age of eighteen, at first at Newcastle-on-Tyne, and afterwards spent a year at the Edinburgh Royal Academy. Removing to America in 1853 he entered the schools of the National Academy of Design in New York, and in 1856 opened a studio in Brooklyn, where he remained until 1860, when he transferred his studio to New York City. He was made an Academician in 1863, and was one of the founders of the Water-Colour Society, of which for some years he has been Vice-President. His principal pictures are "Curling in Central Park," "The Longshoreman's Noon," "Tough Customers," "The Thrilling Moment," "The Passing Show," "The Dress Parade," "The Three (Scape) Graces," and "Left his Money on the Piano."