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Greenwings in 25" x 30" |
George Browne (1918-1958), not to be confused with George Elmer Browne (1871-1946), was a wildlife artist and the son of Belmore Browne ANA. George Browne was born in New York City, but his family moved to Tacoma, Washington in his early years. The family spent the summer each year in Banff where they built a home and Belmore Browne painted in the Canadian Rockies. Before George was 10, the family moved to Santa Barbara where the weather would help George, who had a health problem. In Santa Barbara, Belmore taught at the Santa Barbara School of Art. George hated school, which he left when was 14, and devoted himself to painting with his father. He then studied for 4 years at the California School of Fine Arts and then, just before WWII, apprenticed with his father painting dioramas at the Museum of Natural History in NYC. George Browne was killed in an accidental shooting at a conservation meeting in March of 1958. Braarud Fine Art is interested in both wildfowl and animal paintings by George Browne. |