• Was an American portrait and historical painter. • Brown was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but active in England. • He was taught by his aunt and around 1773 (age 12) became a pupil of Gilbert Stuart. • He arrived in London in 1781 to further his training in Benjamin West's studio. • A falling off of patronage in the mid-1790s, and failure to be elected to the Royal Academy, led Brown to leave London in 1808 for Bath, Bristol, and Liverpool. • Returning to London almost two decades later, in 1824. • Unable to secure commissions, Brown eventually died in poverty in London. • Next
Mather Brown, Portrait of a Young Woman, 1801
Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2022.
