John Arnesby Brown
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Sir John Arnesby Brown was an English landscape artist, "one of the leading British landscape artists of the 20th century" and best known for his impressionistic depictions of pastoral landscapes, often featuring cattle.
Arnesby Brown first studied at the Nottingham School of Art in the late 1880s. He's been called "the artist Nottingham forgot", with little remaining reference to him in Nottingham.
He later studied at the Bushey School of Art in Hertfordshire
for four years from 1889. After exhibiting at the Royal Academy
for the first time in 1890, he became an elected Associate there in 1903. He was knighted in 1938.
He died in 1955, having not painted since 1942 due to blindness. He is buried in the cemetery of the Parish Church of St Mary in his hometown of Haddiscoe
, Norfolk.
Arnesby Brown first studied at the Nottingham School of Art in the late 1880s. He's been called "the artist Nottingham forgot", with little remaining reference to him in Nottingham.
He later studied at the Bushey School of Art in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
for four years from 1889. After exhibiting at the Royal Academy
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
for the first time in 1890, he became an elected Associate there in 1903. He was knighted in 1938.
He died in 1955, having not painted since 1942 due to blindness. He is buried in the cemetery of the Parish Church of St Mary in his hometown of Haddiscoe
Haddiscoe
Haddiscoe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some 30 km south-east of the city of Norwich, but only 10 km west of the Suffolk town of Lowestoft.The civil parish has an area of...
, Norfolk.