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The basics
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Intro
Scottish painter
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Male
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Birth:
1849(Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom)
Death:
1922
The details
Biography
Introduction
Alexander Kellock Brown (11 February 1849 – 9 May 1922) was a Scottish painter of landscapes and brother of the sculptor William Kellock Brown. He painted in oils and water-colors and exhibited frequently at the Royal Scottish Academy exhibits between 1871 and 1922.
History
Brown received his first drawing lessons in the Free Church Normal School, Cowcaddens. He took night classes at the Glasgow Art School taught by Robert Greenlees. Brown was an apprentice in the designing department of Inglis and Wakefield, calico printers, for seven years. Later, Brown studied at the Heatherly School in London.
Brown traveled and painted with such fellow artists as James Docharty and E. A. Walton
Associations
Brown was involved in many art organizations in Scotland.
| Royal Scottish Academy | associate (ARSA) |
| Royal Scottish Academy | academician (RSA) |
| Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours | member |
| The Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts | member |
| The Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts | council member |
| The Glasgow Art Club | member |
| The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water Colours (RWS) | original member |
| Scottish Artists Benevolent Association | founding member, secretary, president |