Franklin Brownell

Franklin Brownell RCA (born Peleg Franklin Brownell,[1][2][3] also known as Franklin Peleg Brownell) (July 27, 1857 – March 13, 1946) born in New Bedford, Massachusetts was a landscape painter, draughtsman and teacher active in Canada. He artistic career in Ottawa spanned over fifty years.[4]

Franklin Brownell
Born
Peleg Franklin Brownell

(1857-07-27)July 27, 1857
New Bedford, Massachusetts
DiedMarch 13, 1946(1946-03-13) (aged 88)
Ottawa
NationalityAmerican-born Canadian
EducationBoston School of the Museum of Fine Arts,
Académie Julian
Known forPainter
SpouseLouise Nickerson (m. 1889)

Biography
Franklin Brownell – Peche sur glace, collines de la Gatineau, 1915

Brownell studied at the Boston Tufts School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 1879 and at the Académie Julian in Paris from 1880 to 1883 with William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Tony Robert-Fleury and Léon Bonnat. There he met fellow expatriate and Canadian painter William Brymner. After spending some time in Montreal, Brownell moved to Ottawa in 1886 to take up the position of Headmaster of the Ottawa School of Art until 1900. He accepted the same position as headmaster between 1900 and 1937 with the Women's Art Association in Ottawa, later renamed the Art Association of Ottawa.[5] Among his students were Pegi Nicol MacLeod, Henri Masson and Robert Tait McKenzie.

Brownell was elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1895, and the Ontario Society of Artists in 1899. He was also a founding member of the Canadian Art Club in Toronto in 1907. Through the club, he became friendly with Maurice Cullen and James Wilson Morrice. As a result, his palette began to lighten. His most impressionist paintings were painted on several trips to the West Indies between 1911 and 1915.[6] Other painting trips he took were to the Gaspé and Gatineau regions of Quebec, to Algonquin Provincial Park and other areas around Ottawa in Ontario.

Besides landscapes, he produced portraits, flower studies, marine and genre scenes in oil, watercolour and pastel.[1] Though celebrated as an Impressionist, Brownell also created social realist depictions of the city, demonstrating a sensitivity to urban concerns that was rare among his contemporaries.[7]

Exhibitions

Collections

Record sale prices

At the June 8 2023 Cowley Abbott Auction Artwork from an Important Private Collection - Part II, Tea Time (1901), oil on canvas laid on board, 15.5 x 11.5 ins ( 39.4 x 29.2 cms ), Auction Estimate: $12,000.00 - $15,000.00, realized a price of $90,000.00.[13]

References
  1. Stacey, Robert (March 4, 2015). "Peleg Franklin Brownell". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  2. "Brownell, Franklin (Peleg Franklin), 1856 or 1857–1946". www.loc.gov. Library of Congress. March 15, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  3. Franklin Brownell : clippings file : Biographical Form 1920. 2017. Retrieved April 22, 2020. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  4. Burant, Jim (2022). Ottawa Art & Artists: An Illustrated History. Art Canada Institute. ISBN 978-1-4871-0289-0.
  5. "Brownell, Franklin Peleg (1856–1946), Painter : Benezit Dictionary of Artists". oxfordindex.oup.com. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  6. Prakash, A.K. (2015). Impressionism in Canada: A Journey of Rediscovery. Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers. pp. 398–417. ISBN 978-3-89790-427-9.
  7. Burant, Jim (2022). Ottawa Art & Artists: An Illustrated History. Toronto: Art Canada Institute. ISBN 978-1-4871-0289-0.
  8. Mainprize, Garry (1984). "The National Gallery of Canada: A Hundred Years of Exhibitions — List and Index —". RACAR: Revue d'art canadienne / Canadian Art Review. 11 (1/2): 12. JSTOR 42631016.
  9. "Exhibitions". oaggao.ca. Ottawa Art Gallery. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  10. "Art Search | Winnipeg Art Gallery". wag.ca. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  11. "Musée d'Orsay: Notice d'Artiste n° 114421 Franklin Brownell". musee-orsay.fr. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  12. "Article". cowleyabbott.ca. Cowley Abbott Auction. Retrieved July 4, 2023.

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