Howell Chambers Brown
Born(1880-07-28)July 28, 1880
Little Rock, Arkansas, US
DiedApril 15, 1954(1954-04-15) (aged 73)
Pasadena, California, US
Alma materStanford University
RelativesBenjamin Chambers Brown (brother)

Howell Chambers Brown (1880–1954)[1][2] American artist and printmaker, known for engraving and etching.[2] His work was often focused on the genre of the American West.

Biography

Howell Chambers Brown was born July 28, 1880, in Little Rock, Arkansas, and at age 16 his family moved to Pasadena, California.[1][3] His parents were Judge Benjamin Chambers Brown and Mary Broker Brown, and he was one of their five children. His brother was Benjamin Chambers Brown.

Brown initially attended the Stanford University School of Engineering, eventually he left the engineering department and earned an A.B. degree from Stanford University in May 1904 in Romance Languages.[3][4][5] He lived on a ranch in Sinaloa, Mexico for a period of time.[3] In 1914, Brown and his brother Benjamin Brown co-founded the Printmakers of Los Angeles (1914), which later became the Los Angeles Society of Printmakers.[6]

Brown died April 15, 1954, in Pasadena, California.[1]

His work is in various public collections including Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF),[1] Smithsonian American Art Museum,[7] Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth,[8] Mills College Art Museum, among others.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Howell Chambers Brown". Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF). 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  2. 1 2 "Brown, Howell Chambers". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00027370. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  3. 1 2 3 "Howell Chambers Brown - Biography". Askart.com. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  4. ↑ The Stanford Alumni Directory. Stanford Alumni Association. 1921. p. 115.
  5. ↑ "Hood Is Used For The First Time At Stanford". Newspapers.com. The San Francisco Examiner. 19 May 1904. p. 10. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  6. ↑ "Benjamin Chambers Brown » California Art Club". California Art Club. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  7. ↑ "Howell C. Brown". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  8. ↑ "Howell C. Brown – Artists". Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
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