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Sidesaddle Rider in a Clearing
BROWN, John Lewis
Cavalière en Amazone dans une Clairière (descriptive French title) Etching and soft-ground etching on wove paper.Reference: not in Hédiard or BN-IF...
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French painter and printmaker John Lewis Brown (1829–1890) was born in Bordeaux to a Scottish family, and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Jean-Hilaire Belloc and Camille Roqueplan. He began exhibiting at the Paris Salon in 1848 and quickly gained recognition for technical agility and dramatic verve.
Drawn to equestrian themes, he produced etchings that reflect his lively draftsmanship and narrative flair. Brown brought energy and precision to scenes of cavalry charges, Napoleonic campaigns, and fox hunts, aligning him with the tradition of French animalier painters such as Carle Vernet and Géricault.
His work is held in major French institutions including the Musée d’Orsay and the Château de Versailles.