Frederick Brown
(1851-1941), Painter and teacherLater Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 8 portraits
At twenty-six Brown was appointed Head of the Westminster School of Art. After spending the winter of 1883-4 studying in Paris, he began to reform the teaching of art, and by the end of the 1880s Westminster was regarded as the most progressive art school in London. He went on to become Slade Professor of Fine Art at University College, London. In 1886 Brown co-founded the New English Art Club, a group of British artists who had trained in Paris and felt their work was neglected by the Royal Academy. Early exhibitors included Steer, Sickert, and Whistler. Brown drew up the constitution, sat on all the committees and juries, and encouraged his Slade students to exhibit there.
by Philip Wilson Steer
chalk, 1894
NPG 2816
Group associated with the New English Art Club
by Sir William Orpen
pencil, black chalk (or charcoal), pen, ink and watercolour, circa 1904
NPG 6345
The Selecting Jury of the New English Art Club, 1909
by Sir William Orpen
oil on canvas, 1909
NPG 2556
Some members of the New English Art Club
by Donald Graeme MacLaren
pencil and watercolour, circa 1910-1914
NPG 2663
by George Charles Beresford
half-plate glass negative, 1904
NPG x6448
by George Charles Beresford
platinotype on card mount, 1904
NPG x4728
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
NPG Ax140560
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
NPG Ax140605
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