Grafton Tyler Brown
(1841 - 1918)
Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Grafton Tyler Brown moved to San Francisco
to work as a draftsman and lithographer. During his free time, he drew
and painted landscapes of the Pacific Northwest - including California, Oregon,
Washington, and British columbia. When his employer, Charles Kuchel,
died, Brown continued to work for Kuchel's widow until 1867, then established
his own business, G.T. Brown & Company. A few years later he sold
the company and moved to Victoria, British Columbia. In June 1883,
he held his first Canadian exhibition, showing twenty-two paintings. Most
notable among those were his Long Lake and The Gorge. Brown
eventually moved to Minnesota, where he worked as a draftsman for the city
of St. Paul's civil engineering department until his death.
In the spring of 1972, Oakland Museum in Oakland, California, sponsored
an exhibition of all Brown's known lithographs and paintings.
Source: 365 Days of Black History. Copyright 1996 IOKTS
Productions
Published by Pomegranate Calendars
& Books, Rohnert Park, CA
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