GRAFTON TYLER BROWN Original Signed Landscape Oil Panting Mt. Hood Oregon LISTED

Description: Grafton Tyler Brown (American, 1841-1918) Oil on canvas Signed lower left and dated Cascade Mountains Scene, likely Mt. Hood based on outline and Brown's residence in Portland, Oregon between 1886 and 1890. 30 x 15 inches 37 x 22 inches, framed Please do not buy if you do not intend to complete purchase, thank you. Good condition; possibly relined. Examined under black light. Few spots fluoresce but this is likely innate to pigment or mild touch-up. Signature does not fluoresce. Please see photos. Frame is newer, with mild wear. Biography: The first recognized African-American artist in the American West, Grafton Tyler Brown was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. His family moved west from Maryland in 1837, and Grafton was employed as a lithographer at San Francisco's Kuchel and Dresel Company by 1870. At that firm, the young artist specialized in drawing "birds-eye" city views of communities in California and Nevada. Within a few years, Brown was advertising as a traveling artist in Nevada, but in 1867 in San Francisco, he purchased the lithography firm for which he had worked, renaming it G.T. Brown & Company. In 1872, Brown sold the business to devote himself full time to travel and oil painting. He later moved to British Columbia, joining the Amos Bowman-led geological survey of the east side of the Cascade Mountains and settling in Victoria. From 1886-1889, he maintained a home and studio in Portland, Oregon, after which he moved to St. Paul, Minnesota. Brown painted panoramic landscape scenes, not only in Oregon, Washington, California, and British Columbia, but in the Yellowstone region and the Grand Canyon as well. His work is in the collections of the Evansville, Indiana Museum, the Washington State Capitol Museum, and the Oakland Museum, among others.

Price: 2500 USD

Location: Tarzana, California

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