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Mather Brown (baptized 11 October 1761 – 25 May 1831) was an American painter who was born in Boston, Massachusetts and was active in England.
Portrait of a Young Woman. Mather Brown American. 1801. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 681. Mather Brown was born in Boston, son of a clockmaker and descendent of several famous New England divines, including Cotton Mather and Increase Mather.
Lady with a Dog. Mather Brown American. 1786. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774. The first American artist to enroll in the Royal Academy, London, Brown also studied under his compatriots Gilbert Stuart and Benjamin West.
A descendant of the Mather family of Massachusetts, Mather Brown was born in Boston in 1761. He was one of the American artists who made their way to Europe during and immediately after the American revolution, to study painting.
Mather Brown was an American portrait and history painter active in England. Born in Boston, he arrived in London in 1781 and entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1782. He began to exhibit there a year later, and set up a portrait painting practice in London.
Brown’s grand-manner portrait of General George Eliott (1717–1790) is a great spectacle that captured both the painter and his subject at the pinnacle of their respective careers. Descended from America’s earliest settlers, Brown grew up in Boston and trained in London under Benjamin West.
Information. Related objects. Also known as. Mather Brown. primary name: primary name: Brown, Mather. Details. individual; painter/draughtsman; British; American (USA); Male. Life dates. 1761-1831. Address. 32 Cornhill, London (1 March 1804) Biography. Portrait and history painter, draughtsman. b.
