Hannah Brown Skeele

Hannah Brown Skeele (1829–1901) was an American painter, best known for her still-lifes, although she also produced portraits and pictures of animals.

During those years, she was probably exposed to the still lifes of John F. Francis, who exhibited there, and Sarah Miriam Peale, who was a resident.

[1] Her first exhibition was with the St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Association, shortly after her arrival.

[2] Most of her paintings include elaborately carved bowls and vases with fruits and flowers in fine botanical detail.

After returning to Maine, she found it necessary to support herself through portrait commissions from clergy, lawyers, university presidents and politicians such as Governor Israel Washburn Jr.