Benjamin Brown (artist)

Benjamin Chambers Brown (July 14, 1865 – January 19, 1942) was a well-known California Impressionist landscape artist.

One of his earliest surviving works is a collection of angels painted on the reredos of the 1884 altar at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Little Rock.

[4] He studied at the University of Tennessee, and later at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts under Paul E. Harney and John Hemming Fry in 1884.

[1] John Bentz gave him his first show in Pasadena at the Hotel Green,[6] although He didn't sell any artwork until about 1900,[2] but by 1905 he had become famous for his paintings of poppies.

He frequently held exhibitions in northern California and areas around San Francisco.

[7] His notable works include his impressionist landscapes of Sierra peaks and field poppies.

Instead of opening a studio in the city, he began to sign California under his own signature to show how proud he was to be a Californian, in spite of potential stigmas.

[8] Brown received many awards, including the bronze medal from the Portland Expo in 1905.