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George Elmer Browne (American, 1871–1946)
Mule Train, ca. 1914

Monotype, 11 1/4 x 15 1/4 in.
Collection of The Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York. Gift of
the Baker/Pisano Collection, 2001.9.38

Born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, it was natural for Browne
to begin his studies at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, after which he studied at the Académie Julian in Paris.
Upon his return to the States, Browne lived in New York City,
but began summering in Provincetown, Massachusetts, which
had become a mecca for artists and where he taught at the
West End Art School. By the early twentieth century, American
artists had many opportunities to see and make monotypes.
Browne’s Mule Train—richly textured with brushwork and
finer, white lines most likely drawn with the wooden end of
the brush handle—testifies to the artist’s proficiency with the
process.
NOTES:
Dearinger, Paintings and Sculpture, 72–73.
Moser, Singular Impressions, 115, fig. 121.

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