[2][3] One of the better known of the Hudson River School’s second generation, he was renowned for romantic landscapes and still lifes.
In 1850, he moved to Newark, New Jersey, and began specializing in landscape painting.
In 1858, he moved to Brooklyn, New York, and switched to painting still lifes.
In 1898 Brown came down with heatstroke on August 26, and died at his home in Brooklyn, New York on September 2.
His works are in the following collections: Media related to William Mason Brown at Wikimedia Commons