Margaret Fitzhugh Browne (1884–1972)
Born in Boston in 1884, Margaret Fitzhugh Browne studied under Joseph DeCamp at the Massachusetts Normal School (now the Massachusetts College of Art) and with Frank Benson at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. She began showing her work in 1915 and was included in the Vose Gallery's First Annual Exhibition of Women Painters of Boston in 1917. In addition to painting and exhibiting she wrote art criticism and the book, Portrait Painting.
Margaret Fitzhugh Browne (1884–1972)
Born in Boston in 1884, Margaret Fitzhugh Browne studied under Joseph DeCamp at the Massachusetts Normal School (now the Massachusetts College of Art) and with Frank Benson at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. She began showing her work in 1915 and was included in the Vose Gallery's First Annual Exhibition of Women Painters of Boston in 1917. In addition to painting and exhibiting she wrote art criticism and the book, Portrait Painting.
Selected Works by Margaret Fitzhugh Browne
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Captain Howard Blackburn, the Lone VoyagerThe history of Cape Ann is filled with famous stories of courageous fishermen and mariners-mariners whom the Cape Ann Museum honors in its Fisheries and Maritime Collection. No story is more dramatic than Howard Blackburn's struggle to survive a storm at sea in January 1883. Artist: Margaret Fitzhugh Browne Date of Work: 1928 Medium: Oil on canvas Accession Number: 2012.49 Credit Line: Gift of the Master Mariners Association, Gloucester, 2012 Collections: Fisheries & Maritime |
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Emily "Bonnie" Browne, the Artist's SisterKnown mainly as a portraitist, Browne was commissioned to paint the portraits of such turn-of-the-century luminaries as Henry Ford, John Hayes Hammond Sr., Howard Blackburn and King Alfonso of Spain. Here we find Margaret Fitzhugh Browne turning her attention to a more conventional subject, her sister Bonnie. Artist: Margaret Fitzhugh Browne Date of Work: c. late 1920s Medium: Oil on canvas Accession Number: 2004.50 Credit Line: Gift of Daniel and Jenifer McDougall, 2004 Collections: Faces of Cape Ann: Portraits |
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John Hays Hammond, Sr.Artist: Margaret Fitzhugh Browne Date of Work: 1929 Medium: Oil on canvas Accession Number: 2770 Credit Line: Gift of Daniel and Jenifer McDougall, 1991 Collections: Faces of Cape Ann: Portraits |
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Portrait of Joe Rice of AnnisquamArtist: Margaret Fitzhugh Browne Date of Work: c. 1930 Medium: Oil on canvas Accession Number: 2008.53 Credit Line: Gift of Roy and Sheila Mennell, 2008 Collections: Faces of Cape Ann: Portraits |
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The HarbormasterArtist: Margaret Fitzhugh Browne Date of Work: 1962 Medium: Oil on canvas Credit Line: Gift of Roy and Sheila Mennell, 2008 Collections: Fisheries & Maritime |
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Selected Works by Margaret Fitzhugh Browne
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Captain Howard Blackburn, the Lone VoyagerThe history of Cape Ann is filled with famous stories of courageous fishermen and mariners-mariners whom the Cape Ann Museum honors in its Fisheries and Maritime Collection. No story is more dramatic than Howard Blackburn's struggle to survive a storm at sea in January 1883. Artist: Margaret Fitzhugh Browne Date of Work: 1928 Medium: Oil on canvas Accession Number: 2012.49 Credit Line: Gift of the Master Mariners Association, Gloucester, 2012 Collections: Fisheries & Maritime |
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Emily "Bonnie" Browne, the Artist's SisterKnown mainly as a portraitist, Browne was commissioned to paint the portraits of such turn-of-the-century luminaries as Henry Ford, John Hayes Hammond Sr., Howard Blackburn and King Alfonso of Spain. Here we find Margaret Fitzhugh Browne turning her attention to a more conventional subject, her sister Bonnie. Artist: Margaret Fitzhugh Browne Date of Work: c. late 1920s Medium: Oil on canvas Accession Number: 2004.50 Credit Line: Gift of Daniel and Jenifer McDougall, 2004 Collections: Faces of Cape Ann: Portraits |
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John Hays Hammond, Sr.Artist: Margaret Fitzhugh Browne Date of Work: 1929 Medium: Oil on canvas Accession Number: 2770 Credit Line: Gift of Daniel and Jenifer McDougall, 1991 Collections: Faces of Cape Ann: Portraits |
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Portrait of Joe Rice of AnnisquamArtist: Margaret Fitzhugh Browne Date of Work: c. 1930 Medium: Oil on canvas Accession Number: 2008.53 Credit Line: Gift of Roy and Sheila Mennell, 2008 Collections: Faces of Cape Ann: Portraits |
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The HarbormasterArtist: Margaret Fitzhugh Browne Date of Work: 1962 Medium: Oil on canvas Credit Line: Gift of Roy and Sheila Mennell, 2008 Collections: Fisheries & Maritime |
View CAM's Rights and Reproduction policy