David Brown (active 1792 ‒ 1797) was a British landscape and genre painter. According to Walter Gilbey, Brown was a house and sign painter who "cherished higher artistic ambitions and had set his heart on learning to painting like

George Morland George Morland (26 June 176329 October 1804) was an English painter. His early work was influenced by Francis Wheatley, but after the 1790s he came into his own style. His best compositions focus on rustic scenes: farms and hunting; smugglers a ...

," a British artist famous for his animal paintings and scenes of rustic life. After selling his business, Brown studied with Morland and became one of his many imitators. Although his paintings featured a more gestural brushstroke and a heavier use of impasto, his works often passed for those of his master. Brown exhibited ten paintings at the Royal Academy between 1792 and 1797, including '' pasticci'' of Morland and views of London, which some critics have suggested are his most successful works. He supplemented his income during these years by selling paintings by Morland that he had acquired during his tenure in the artist's studio. Brown eventually became a drawing master.Gilbey, 94.

Gallery

File:David Brown, A Sportsman with Peasant Women and Dog.jpg, David Brown, ''A Sportsman with Peasant Women and Dog'', undated. Oil on canvas, 15 1/2 x 12 in., unlocated File:David Brown, A Woody Landscape, 1792.jpg, David Brown, ''A Woody Landscape'', 1792. Oil on canvas, 19 1/2 x 25 1/2 in., formerly in the collection of Lawson Peacock

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References

*Gilbey, Walter. ''George Morland: His Life and Works''. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1907. *Grant, Maurice Harold. ''A Dictionary of British Landscape Painters from the 16th Century to the Early 20th Century''. Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis Publishers, Ltd., 1952. Year of birth missing Year of death missing 18th-century British painters British male painters British genre painters British landscape painters {{UK-painter-18thC-stub