John Lewis Brown (1829–1890) was a French battle, animal, and genre painter. He was born in

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of a Scottish family of Stuart partisans. He studied in the

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with Camille Roqueplan and Jean-Hilaire Belloc."John Lewis Brown, 1829-1890"
''The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler'',

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website; retrieved 12 March 2012. He is known for his pictures of hunting and military scenes, and his studies of horses and dogs. He painted a number of admirable pictures from the

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, the

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, and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. His presentation is clever and humorous, his work characterized by refinement and charm. The Luxembourg possesses his "Before the Start," the Gallery of Dublin, "The Mountebank." He was also an excellent

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and watercolorist. Battle of Reichshoffen, 6 August 1870).jpg, Battle of Reichshoffen John Lewis Brown (1829-1890) - Two Cavalry Officers - 1102565 - National Trust.jpg, Two Cavalry Officers John Lewis Brown, signed landscape with figures, horses, dogs.jpg, Landscape with figures Woman on horseback Met DP889009.jpg, Amazone on horseback

Publications

;Notes ;Sources *Bénédite in ''Revue de l'art ancien et moderne'', volume xiii (Paris, 1903) 19th-century French painters French male painters French genre painters Animal artists 19th-century painters of historical subjects 1829 births 1892 deaths 19th-century French male artists {{France-painter-19thC-stub