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painters. The Browns typically maintained a winter studio in Boston and had a summer house in West
Newbury, whose surrounds comprised the rural New England landscapes which were frequent subjects of his art. Starting in 1879, both Browns had annual exhibitions at Boston's Doll and Richards gallery.
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Chicago, a reviewer described Brown's picture "In the Month of May" as "a brilliant, joyous study of apple-blossoms and sunny greens." In 1891, the Browns moved from Boston to New York City, which
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Valley," whose subject of majestic soaring mountains in the Swiss Alps was, in the reviewer's opinion, an audacious one for Brown. In this critic's view, Brown's treatment of such a grand subject as mere sketch had the “unpardonable defect of being thinly painted.” A little over five years later,
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A single picture by J. Appleton Brown, 'Old Mill at Cleeve, Warwickshire,' is a sympathetic interpretation of the tenderness of English landscape in Mr. Brown's best manner.
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1243:"In the Studios: A Look Into Mr. Appleton Brown's Studio"
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