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Arthur William Brown

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Arthur William Brown
Born(1881-01-26)January 26, 1881
Hamilton, Ontario
Died1966 (aged 84–85)
OccupationIllustrator

Arthur William Brown (1881–1966) was a Canadian commercial artist, most known for his work as an illustrator for the Saturday Evening Post, American Magazine, and Redbook.[1][2]

Education and works

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A YMCA poster created for the United War Work Campaign

In the 1890s, he attended the Hamilton Art School and studied under John Sloan Gordon. At the age of 16, he was hired as a chalk plate artist for the Hamilton Spectator.[3] He later left Hamilton and attended the Art Students League in New York City, and studied under Walter Appleton Clark, Frank DuMond, and F.R. Gruger. He was later hired as an illustrator by the Saturday Evening Post, where his works were featured prominently.[4]

Brown's works included illustrated stories of American authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Irvin Cobb, and Sinclair Lewis. He also illustrated posters for the World War I war effort as well as book cover illustrations.[1][4] His work is held in the permanent collections of several museums, including the Imperial War Museums,[5] the Museum of Modern Art,[6] the Delaware Art Museum,[7] the Indianapolis Museum of Art,[8] the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,[9] the University of Michigan Museum of Art,[10] and the Dallas Museum of Art.[11]

In 1964, Brown earned the unofficial title of Dean of American Illustrators and was inducted into the Illustrator's Hall of Fame by the American Society of Illustrators.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Arthur William Brown (1881 - 1966 ) | HPL.ca". Archived from the original on 2014-09-11. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
  2. ^ "History of Illustration, Index". canadianillustrators.wikidot.com. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  3. ^ Burant, Jim. "Arthur Crisp and the Nation's Memory of the First World War". samizdatpress.typepad.com. Hamilton Arts and Letters Issue 5.2 Fall/Winter 2011/2012. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  4. ^ a b "Arthur William Brown". Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  5. ^ "For the boys over there : [song sheet]". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  6. ^ "Arthur William Brown. For Your Boy - United War Work Campaign. 1918 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  7. ^ "Couple at Table". emuseum.delart.org. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  8. ^ "YMCA for Your Boy". Indianapolis Museum of Art Online Collection. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  9. ^ "Museum of Fine Arts, Boston". collections.mfa.org. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  10. ^ "Exchange: For Your Boy - United War Work Campaign". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  11. ^ "For Your Boy. United War Work Campaign, November 11-18, 1918 - DMA Collection Online". www.dma.org. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
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