Francis Brooks Chadwick (January 1, 1850–1942/43), was an American painter active in France. He was born in Boston and studied at Harvard, and to pursue his interest in art he attended the

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in Paris. He was friends with the painter John Singer Sargent and travelled with him to Haarlem in 1880. The following year he married the Swedish painter Emma Löwstädt-Chadwick and they settled in

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, where he remained the rest of his life, though the couple travelled to other summer art colonies on vacation. He is known for scenes of Grez.Francis Brooks Chadwick
on Berry-hill gallery website File:Francis Brooks Chadwick.jpg, Francis B. Chadwick,

John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent (; January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian-era luxury. He created roughly 900 oil paintings and more ...

, 1880.

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File:Francis_Brooks_Chadwick-(1850-1943).png, Francis B. Chadwick File:EChadwick-Husband.jpg, Francis B. Chadwick
portrait by his wife File:Christopher_C_Chadwick.jpg, Christopher C. Chadwick
Father of Francis File:Louise Read Chadwick.jpg, Louise Read Chadwick
Mother of Francis

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1850 births 1943 deaths Artists from Boston Harvard University alumni 19th-century American painters American male painters 20th-century American painters American expatriates in France 19th-century American male artists 20th-century American male artists {{US-painter-stub