BROWN, Sir John Alfred Arnesby

1866 - 1955

John Alfred Arnesby Brown was born at Nottingham on 29 March 1866, second son of John Henry Brown (c1838-28 January 1911), a wine merchant, and his wife Emma Maria, née Wardle (1837-1881), who married at Nottingham in 1860. In 1881, Arnesby Brown was a 15-year-old scholar living at Pelham Crescent, Standard Hill, Nottingham with his parents, 44-year-old John and 44-year-old Emma, with six siblings, Gilbert Noel 13, Emma Hilda 11, Jane Ethel 10, Myra Margaret 8, Mercy Eleanor 6 and Eric 3, who were all born in Nottingham. Arnesby Brown studied at the Nottingham School of Art and at Herkomer's Art School at Bushey, Hertfordshire 1889-1893. One of the leading British landscape artists of the 20th century and is best known for his impressionistic depictions of pastoral landscapes, often featuring cattle. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy as J. Alfred Brown from Grove Cottage, Grove Road, Bushey in 1890 'A Cornish Pasture', being elected an Associate of the Academy in 1903 and a member in 1915 last exhibiting from White House, Haddiscoe, Norfolk in 1942 'Island of the West'. He married at St Pancras Parish Church, Paddington on 29 September 1896, Sarah Harriott Mia Edwards, Mia Edwards Arnesby Brown, eldest daughter of the late Revd Charles Smallwood Edwards, vicar of Llanddewi, Rhydderch and they lived in Norfolk and St Ives, Cornwall. Arnesby Brown was knighted in 1938 and in 1939 was living at The White House, Rectory Road, Loddon, Norfolk. Due to blindness, he ceased painting in 1942 and John Alfred Arnesby Brown died at The White House, Haddiscoe, Loddon, Norfolk on 16 November 1955 and was buried in the local cemetery. Not strictly a Suffolk artist but a regular guest member and exhibitor with the Sole Bay Group at Southwold, Suffolk. He signed his works 'Arnesby Brown' or on small works 'A. B.'

Royal Academy Exhibits
from Grove Cottage, Grove Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire
1890 667 A Cornish Pasture
from Pelham Crescent, The Park, Nottingham
1891 562 Shadows Falling
         700 'Where dying winds a sigh bequeaths'
         1112 St. Ives, Cornwall
1892 41 Miss Mia Edwards
         988 Low Land
1893 932 The End of the Shower
from St Ives, Cornwall
1894 53 The Hillside
         867 A Northerly Breeze
1895 32 The Daffodil Harvest
         111 The Drinking Pool
         158 Evening Sunlight
1896 104 Homeward
         232 September Eve
         333 A Fair Wind
1897 434 Herald of Night
from Carbis Bay, Lelant, Cornwall
1899 191 The Marsh Farm
         652 The Crest of the Hill
1900 149 The Rainbow
         1017 After heat of Day
from 34 Elm Road, Mortlake, Southwest London
1901 106 The Hill Top
         428 Morning
         846 Evening
1902 253 The River Bank
         770 Full Summer
from Fritton Cottage, Ludham, Great Yarmouth
1903 94 The Coming Day
         523 Between the Showers
         545 The Pool
1904 34 The Bay: Twilight
         172 The Bridge
         511 Hay Harvest
from The White House, Haddiscoe, near Norwich
1905 18 Sundown
         100 The By-way
         179 The Harbour
1906 162 Midsummer
         217 The Pier
         763 September
1907 73 Noon
         220 The Wherry
         296 The Fold
         851 The Thunder Cloud
1908 19 The Gate
         72 The Two Piers
         118 A Cornish Moor
1909 19 The River: Afternoon
from 12 Cheyne Row, Chelsea, Southwest London
1911 191 A March Morning: Chelsea
from The White House, Haddiscoe, near Norwich
1913 148 The Train
         228 A June Day
         370 In Suffolk
1914 169 Midsummer
         433 Dawn
         763 The White House
1915 6 The Church
         88 Wide Marshes
         182 The Raincloud
1916 28 View of Great Yarmouth
         60 September Morning
         105 The Church on the Hill
1917 15 In June
         229 White Cattle
         233 September Morning
         263 The Right Rev. Bishop Fisher, D.D.
1918 38 The Little Village
         153 By the Sea
         233 Evening
         281 The Church Farm
1919 34 The Line of the Plough
         92 The Distant Marshes
         96 A Village by the Sea
         151 April
1920 11 The Mouth of the River
         55 Gathering Clouds
         114 August Morning
         222 The Shadow
1921 38 A Mill on the Yare
         44 The Waveney Marshes
         78 The Coast Road
1922 22 The Yacht Race
         120 A May Morning: View of Nottingham
         142 The High Road
1923 3 September
         79 The Swing Bridge
         130 The Waiting Harvest
         148 The Watch Tower
1924 46 The Hollow
         107 The Big River
         188 The Smug and the River Trent
1925 69 The Farm on the Hill
         166 The Cloud
1926 47 The Cross Roads
         125 The Mill
         167 View from the Hill
1927 14 The River Mill
         66 Autumn
         154 Winter Evening
1928 27 The Valley
         104 Summer Storm
         155 The Holly Bush
1929 35 The End of the Village
         39 The Farm
         136 The Mound
1930 15 Autumn
         34 September
         149 The Abbey Church
1931 68 The Channel
         100 The Lane
         301 The Estuary, gathering clouds
1932 11 The Trent Valley
         162 The Beach
1933 18 The Fell Sidd
         34 The Village: Autumn
         150 The Shadow
1934 15 The Round Tower
         53 The Saltings
         152 The Hamlet
1935 22 The Broad
         38 The Barn
         90 The Firth of Lorne
1936 26 Evening after Rain
1937 144 Winter Morning
         147 A Coast Village
1938 18 The Farm
         201 The Junction
1939 26 The Bridge
         40 The Changing Fields
         171 The Marshes from Burgh Castle
1940 18 A Passing Shower
         22 The Estuary: Ebbing Tide
         515 Winter Evening
1941 22 The Byway
         192 Early Spring
1942 224 A Passing Shower

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Works by This Artist