George Elmer Browne
1871–1946
Introduction
George Elmer Browne (May 6, 1871 – July 12, 1946) was an American artist known for his broadly-worked style of painting. Working primarily in oils and watercolors, he specialized in landscapes, marines, urban scenes, figure pieces, and portraits. Although his style was realist, he believed artists should not slavishly copy nature but rather seek to find "the subtle quality which lifts a work of art above the commonplace."
A native of Gloucester, Massachusetts, he was trained in Boston at the art school of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Cowles Art School. He also studied at the Académie Julian in Paris.
He participated in many exhibitions and won quite a few awards, including the French Ordre des Palmes académiques. He belonged to such well-known art organizations as the National Academy of Design, the Salmagundi Club, and Allied Artists of America.
In a side-career as art instructor, he ran a school in Provincetown, Massachusetts, taught art classes at Manhattan's Grand Central School of Art, and was director of painting at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
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Introduction
Comment on works: figure; landscape
Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, figure artist, genre artist, landscapist, marine artist, painter, portraitist
ULAN identifier
500000067
Names
George Elmer Browne, George Browne, Geo. e. browne, browne g.e.
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed August 16, 2026.