Swinging on the Gate

Swinging on the Gate

Virginia

Art

Genre painter John George Brown, known as J. G., was born in Durham, England and took drawing classes as a young man at the School of Design at Newcastle-on-Tyne while also being apprenticed as a glass worker. in 1853, Brown immigrated to America and established a studio in New York where he began to be known as a portrait painter. Brown enjoyed success as a genre painter, mainly for his warmhearted depictions of young street urchins and impoverished children.

John George Brown (British-American, 1831-1913)

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~1878/~1879

Taubman Museum of Art

painting (visual works)

oil

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Taubman Museum of Art (Repository)

Acquired with fund provided by the Horace G. Fralin Charitable Trust