[5] Among his students were Pegi Nicol MacLeod, Henri Masson and Robert Tait McKenzie.

[6] Other painting trips he took were to the Gaspé and Gatineau regions of Quebec, to Algonquin Provincial Park and other areas around Ottawa in Ontario.

Besides landscapes, he produced portraits, flower studies, marine and genre scenes in oil, watercolour and pastel.

[1] Though celebrated as an Impressionist, Brownell also created social realist depictions of the city, demonstrating a sensitivity to urban concerns that was rare among his contemporaries.

[7] At the June 8 2023 Cowley Abbott Auction Artwork from an Important Private Collection - Part II, Tea Time (1901), oil on canvas laid on board, 15.5 x 11.5 ins ( 39.4 x 29.2 cms ), Auction Estimate: $12,000.00 - $15,000.00, realized a price of $90,000.00.