Figure 1.--This John G. Brown, "The button-hole posy" was painted in 1894. It shows a hoe-shine boy getting a posy from a flower girl.
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Figure 1.--This John G. Brown, "The button-hole posy" was painted in 1894. It shows a hoe-shine boy getting a posy from a flower girl. |
John G. Brown was a major genre artist in late 19th century America. Many of these paintings are instantly recognizable, but
few can name the artist. His panitings showed an optimistic, more pleasant aspects of growing up in 19th-century America. He
rather reminds us of a 19th century Norman Rockwell. While we have little biographical information about him, we note
wonderful vignettes of 19th century, mostly urban life. Many of his best remembered paintings were from the late 19th century,
but there were also some one in the early 20th century as well. Some of his favorite subjects were children, depicting them in
highly sentimental scenes from boys shining shoes to having snowball fights. Another favorite is a boy eyeing a fruit stand.
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