John Lewis Brown (1829–1890) was a French battle, animal, and genre painter. He was born in Bordeaux of a Scottish family of Stuart partisans.
Early life and background Brown's great-grandfather was David Brown, former Governor of Danish India. Brown studied in the École des Beaux-Arts with Camille Roqueplan and Jean-Hilaire Belloc."John Lewis Brown, 1829-1890", The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, University of Glasgow website; retrieved 12 March 2012.
Career Brown is known for his pictures of hunting and military scenes, and his studies of horses and dogs. He painted a number of pictures from the American Revolutionary War, the Seven Years' War, and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. His presentation is often anecdotal 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 etcher and watercolorist.
Publications Notes
Sources Bénédite in Revue de l'art ancien et moderne, volume xiii (Paris, 1903)