Grafton Tyler Brown

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Grafton Tyler Brown
Born(1841-02-22)February 22, 1841
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
DiedMarch 2, 1918(1918-03-02) (aged 77)
St. Peter, Minnesota
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainter, lithographer, and cartographer

Grafton Tyler Brown (February 22, 1841 – March 2, 1918) was an American painter,

African-American artist to create works depicting the Pacific Northwest and California.[1]

Early life and education

He was born on February 22, 1841,[2] in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.[1] His parents were Wilhelmina and Thomas Brown, who were born free in Maryland and moved to Pennsylvania in 1837.[3] His father was a freedman and was involved in the abolitionist movement. Brown worked for a printer in Philadelphia when he was fourteen. It was there where he learned the skill of lithography.[4]

Career

Grafton Tyler Brown, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, 1886, 1886. Brooklyn Museum, 2012.92

Brown moved to

topographical images of the city.[1] Brown's work in the Bay Area and in the Nevada Territory included documentation of settlements, property sales, claims and city boundaries.[4]

Grafton Tyler Brown, Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, 1887

The following year he sold his company. He left the Bay Area in 1882 and moved to

Yosemite and Yellowstone National Park to paint.[1] Grafton Tyler Brown was a painter whose identity changed from Black to white as he moved across the Pacific Northwest.[6]

Grafton Tyler Brown, Mount Tacoma, by 1918

In 1893, Brown moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota. In St. Paul he worked again as a draftsman, this time for the United States Army Corps of Engineers and for the city of St. Paul's engineering department. He died in St. Peter, Minnesota,[7] on March 2, 1918.[1][2]

Brown's works are held in the collections of the Royal British Columbia Museum,[8] Oakland Museum of California,[9] Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California Smithsonian American Art Museum,[10] and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[11]

Notable exhibitions

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0-19-533579-8
    . Retrieved April 21, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Grafton Tyler Brown | American artist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  3. ^ "Grafton Taylor Brown: A brief biography by Dr. John Lutz". web.uvic.ca. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-0-415-92959-2
    . Retrieved April 21, 2012.
  5. ISBN 978-0-8061-4410-8
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  6. ^ Morgan-Feir, Caoimhe (6 November 2017). "Passing Through". canadianart. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  7. ISBN 978-0-520-24922-6
    . Retrieved April 21, 2012.
  8. ^ "Brown, Grafton Tyler, 1841-1918". BC Archives Collections Search. Royal British Columbia Museum. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  9. ^ "Grafton Tyler Brown". OMCA Collections. Oakland Museum of California. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
  10. ^ "The Iron-Clad Mine". Collections. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
  11. ^ "View of Mt. Rainier, 1886". Collections. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Archived from the original on October 24, 2011. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
  12. Smithsonian Institution Archives
    . Retrieved April 21, 2012.
  13. ^ "Grafton Tyler Brown: Visualizing California and the Pacific Northwest". Exhibitions. CAAM. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
  14. ^ de Pastino, Blake (April 7, 2004). "Grafton Tyler Brown: Visualizing California and the Pacific Northwest". Arts. City Paper. Retrieved April 21, 2012.

External links

Media related to Grafton Tyler Brown at Wikimedia Commons

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