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Peleg Franklin Brownell

1857 - 1946

OSA, RCA

Canadian Winter Scene

Oil on Canvas, circa 1924
10.25 x 15 in (26 x 38.1 cm)
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Young Child St. Kitts

Oil, circa 1911
14 x 11 in (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
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Peleg Franklin Brownell Biography

1857 - 1946

OSA, RCA


Franklin Brownell was born in New Bedford, Mass. and studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and the Académie Julian, in Paris. He moved to Ottawa, in 1886, to become the headmaster of the Ottawa Art School, which would later become the Art Association of Ottawa. His work, which was characterized by a realism, based in impressionism, was greatly appreciated by his peers. He painted in the Gaspe, Algonquin Park, the Gatineau Hills and the West Indies, where he vacationed. Fellow artist, A.H.Robinson remarked, “his canvases have a shimmering radiance of light, a subtle feeling for values and sound, capable craftsmanship.” In 1900, he was awarded a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition. He was a member of the RCA, the OSA and was a founding member of the Canadian Art Club. In 1922, the National Gallery of Canada held a retrospective exhibition of Brownell’s work, a great honour. He died in Ottawa, at the age of 90.

A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Vol.1, by Colin S. MacDonald, Canadian Paperbacks, Ottawa, Revised and expanded, 1997

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