JOHN APPLETON BROWN

JOHN APPLETON BROWN

Massachusetts, 1844-1902

Field of blossoming apple trees.

Signed lower right "Appleton Brown". Housed in a period Walfred Thulin frame inscribed verso "1924 Thulin 1308".
John Appleton Brown's early career was highly influenced by the Barbizon style through his close friends J. Foxcroft Cole and William Morris Hunt. In his later years, he became more influenced by the French Impressionists. He spent many summers at the home of Celia Thaxter on Appledore Island off the coast of Maine, where he socialized with luminaries such as Childe Hassam and Hunt.
Walfred Thulin was one of the finest frame carvers of the Early 20th Century. Immigrating from Sweden, he started working at Boston's famed Carrig-Rohane shop, along with Hermann Dudley Murphy, before setting up his own shop in 1912. Over the years, he created frames for many of the area's most accomplished artists, including John Singer Sargent.
Oil on canvas, 22" x 30". Framed 30" x 37".

Condition: There are two small holes, one to the top right near top tree and the other in the center on the pond.

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