John Lewis Brown (1829-1890) - La Grisette, La Vivandi\u00e8re et les Cavaliers, Oil on Wood, Circa 1856<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
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John Lewis Brown depicts a captivating painting with this intriguing scene from soldiers' life. In the background, the Vivandi\u00e8re provides supplies to the soldiers, while the Grisette in the foreground offers both supplies and her charms.<\/p>\n
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This oil on wood is dated 1856 and signed in the lower right corner.<\/p>\n
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Dimension sans cadre : Hauteur 54,5 cm – Longueur 45 cm.<\/p>\n
Dimensions avec cadre : Hauteur 70 cm – Longueur 61 cm.<\/p>\n
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The painting is in excellent condition and is enhanced by its beautiful 19th-century carved and gilded stucco wooden frame.<\/p>\n
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Jean Louis Brown, dit John Lewis Brown<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n
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Jean Louis Brown, known as John Lewis Brown, was born on August 16, 1829, in Bordeaux and died on November 14, 1890, in Paris. He was a French painter and engraver.<\/p>\n
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John Lewis Brown, originaire de Bordeaux et issu d’une vieille famille \u00e9cossaise, s’installe \u00e0 Paris vers 1840. Il commence ses \u00e9tudes \u00e0 l’\u00c9cole nationale v\u00e9t\u00e9rinaire d’Alfort avant de se tourner vers les Beaux-Arts de Paris, o\u00f9 il \u00e9tudie dans les ateliers de Camille Roqueplan et Jean-Hilaire Belloc.<\/p>\n
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Renomm\u00e9 pour ses sc\u00e8nes de chasse et de batailles, ainsi que pour ses \u00e9tudes de chevaux et de chiens, Brown a immortalis\u00e9 des \u00e9v\u00e9nements historiques tels que la guerre d’ind\u00e9pendance am\u00e9ricaine, la guerre de Sept Ans, et la guerre de 1870 entre la France et la Prusse.<\/p>\n
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An accomplished engraver, he produced numerous lithographs, aquatints, etchings, monotypes, and soft-ground varnishes. He was also the builder of the Ch\u00e2teau Cantenac-Brown in Margaux, Gironde.<\/p>\n
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St\u00e9phane Mallarm\u00e9 commissioned him to design the cover for the project Le Tiroir de laque, which ultimately did not materialize. A lithograph depicting a mysterious young woman remains from this collaboration.<\/p>\n
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Albi, mus\u00e9e Toulouse-Lautrec :\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n Cavaliers et cabriolet (1876), huile sur toile, d\u00e9p\u00f4t du mus\u00e9e d’Orsay.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Brest, mus\u00e9e des Beaux-Arts :\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n Le Passage du gu\u00e9 de bourg de Batz, huile sur toile, 97 \u00d7 130,4 cm.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Les P\u00eacheries, mus\u00e9e de F\u00e9camp :\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n Cavalier en habit rouge huile sur panneau.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Libourne, mus\u00e9e des Beaux-Arts :\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n Hussard (1863), huile sur toile, d\u00e9p\u00f4t du mus\u00e9e d’Orsay.<\/p>\n Paysage de rivi\u00e8re (1873), huile sur toile, d\u00e9p\u00f4t du mus\u00e9e d’Orsay.<\/p>\n Paris, mus\u00e9e d’Orsay :<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Avant le d\u00e9part (1890), huile sur toile.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" John Lewis Brown (1829-1890) La Grisette, La Vivandi\u00e8re et les Cavaliers huile sur bois vers 1856 John Lewis Brown nous propose un beau tableau avec cette int\u00e9ressante sc\u00e8ne de la vie des soldats, la Vivandi\u00e8re dans le fond procure des vivres aux soldats et la Grisette au premier plan, outre les vivres, procure ses […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2741,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cate"],"yoast_head":"\n