George de Forest Brush (1855-1941)

Aliases: George "de" Forest Brush

Professions: Figure painter; Painter; Portrait painter

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  GEORGE DE FOREST BRUSH 1855-1941 THE INDIAN AND THE LILY Measurements: 21 by 20in. Alternate Measurements: (53.3 by 50.8 cm) signed Geo. De. F. Brush and dated Florida 1887, l.r. oil on canvas Provenance: William Macbeth Galleries, New York Mr. and

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  George de Forest Brush (1855-1941)

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  George De Forest Brush (1855-1941)

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  George de Forest Brush (1855-1941)

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George de Forest Brush Biography

(b Shelbyville, TN, 28 Sept 1855; d Hanover, NH, 24 April 1941). American painter. He began his formal training at the National Academy of Design in New York and in 1873 entered the atelier of Jean-Léon Gérôme in Paris, studying there and at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts for almost six years. Soon after his return to the USA in 1880, he was elected to the Society of American Artists. Thereafter he spent much time on both sides of the Atlantic, beginning in the American West and including lengthy stays in Paris, Florence, New York and Dublin, NH, where he purchased a farm in 1901.

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