George Douglass Brewerton (1827-1901)
American marine and Western landscape painter ;
Lieut George Douglass Brewerton ; George D. Brewerton ; G.D. Brewerton ; G. D. Brewerton ; G. Douglass Brewerton ; George Brewerton ;
[Born June 3, 1827 in Newport, RI – died January 31, 1901 in Fordham, Bronx, NY]
FAD record control number: 41365 ;
Record level: Person ;
Record type: Artist ;
George Douglass Brewerton (1827-1901) biography:
Birth: June 3, 1827 in Newport, RI ;
Death: January 31, 1901 in Fordham, Bronx, NY ;
Sex: Male ;
Ethnicity: White ;
Zodiac: Gemini ;
Known for: Marine painting ; Western landscape painting ;
Medium: Oil ; pastel ; pencil & paper ; ink & paper ;
Technique: Painting ; drawing ;
Subjects: Western landscape ; water ; seas ; ships ;
Areas: Newport, RI ; San Francisco, CA (1846-1848) ; Vera cruz, Mexico (1847) ; Los Angeles, CA (1848) ; Independence, MO (1848) ; AZ (1848) ; Taos, NM (1848) ; Fort McIntosh, Laredo, TX ; Ringgold Barracks, Rio Grande City, TX ; KS (1854) ; New York, NY (ca.1854) ; Adirondack, NY ; Catskill, NY ; White mountains, NY ; ME ; Bay of Fundy, Canada ; Ireland ; SC (1858) ; Annville, PA (1866-1867) ; Fordham, Bronx, NY (ca.1874-1901) ;
Region: North East ;
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Father: Henry Brewerton (1801-1879), was a Brigadier General in the US Army ;
Mother: Caroline Louisa (Knight) Brewerton (1811-1853) ;
Relatives: Henry Feltus Brewerton (1838-1913), brother ;
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Training: Drawing privately under Robert Walter Weir (1803-1889) at West Point Academy, NY, where his father was in command (1845-1846) ;
Instructors: Robert Walter Weir (1803-1889) ;
Work: Worked as a sketch artist, journalist, pastor (1866-1867), author, army officer and studied law ; The New York Times, Correspondent (1852) ; Worked appeared in Harper’s Monthly, New York, NY (1852, 1853) and New York Herald, New York, NY ; Books : The War in Kansas (1856), Overland with
50 Kit Carson (1853), In the Buffalo Country (1854) ;
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Exhibited with: National Academy of Design, New York, NY ; Brooklyn Art Association (1874) ;
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Digital-born document number:
FAD.2018.41365
Digital document provenance:
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Record birth date:
October 11, 2018
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