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THBGeorge Browne (1918-1958), Pasture Edging - Ruffed Grouse
Lot 62
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Founded in 2005, Copley Fine Art Auctions is a boutique auction house specializing in antique decoys and American, sporting, and wildlife paintings. Over the course of the last two decades, the firm has set auction records for not only individual decoy makers, but also entire carving regions. Copley...Read more
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George Browne (1918-1958)
Pasture Edging - Ruffed Grouse
signed "George Browne" lower left
oil on canvas, 20 by 30 in.
signed and titled on back
"George Browne's oils of upland cover and duck marsh reflect his keen enthusiasm for upland shooting and waterfowl gunning. Backgrounds and game are painted with skill and quiet beauty." - Ralph Terrill, Crossroads of Sport, 1954
Struck down at the age of forty in a tragic shooting accident, George Browne is known to have completed only a few hundred finished works in his lifetime. The thoughtful rendering of his sporting and wildlife scenes suggests a man full of talent and promise. Due to his untimely death, Browne left behind a limited and highly coveted body of work. Following in the footsteps of artists/sportsmen like Frank W. Benson (1862-1951), Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869-1959), and Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896-1969), George Browne painted the waterfowl and upland game birds that he also hunted. Browne is known for his deft handling of paint and his incredible attention to detail.
The artist was a good friend of sportsman Harry Havemeyer Webb, and this fine canvas likely depicts the landscape setting near Shelburne Farms in Vermont, where the two hunted together.
Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Havemeyer Webb Collection, Shelburne, Vermont
Private Collection, by descent
Private Collection, South Carolina, acquired from Christie's, American Art Online, May 17-24, 2017, lot 213
Private Collection, Montana, acquired from Copley Fine Art Auctions, The Winter Sale 2018, lot 79Please email condition report requests to leah@copleyart.com.Condition
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