Walter Francis Brown (10 January 1853 Providence, Rhode Island, – 7 November 1929 Venice, Italy) was an American painter and illustrator.
[3][4] He continued his studies in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts with Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) and Léon Bonnat (1833–1922).
[5] Brown then moved to Venice, established a studio at Palazzo da Mula, and specialized, among other things, painting city views.
He illustrated books, including Settlement of Rhode Island (1874), by Charles Thurber Miller (1828–1876),[6] and A Tramp Abroad (1889), by Mark Twain.
Brown, in 1885, married Louise Tifft Beckwith (maiden; 1854–1932).