ALL: Master Collection List
Nationality
American
Artist Dates
1891–1971
Title of Work
A Row of Trees
Preview
Date of Work
1918
Medium
Watercolor
Signature
Lower right
Height
4 1/4"
Width
6 1/4"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Stored: FF_008_F
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Artist Bio
Francis Focer Brown studied with J. Ottis Adams during his high school education, then later enrolled at the John Herron Art Institute where he studied under William Forsyth, and finally earned his MA from Ohio State University. Brown accepted a position at Ball State Teachers College (now Ball State University) in 1925 where he taught until 1957, receiving the Professor Emeritus title upon retirement. Due to Brown’s wife’s allergy to oil paints, Brown mostly worked with egg tempera, acrylic, watercolor, pencil, and charcoal with very few works being created with oils. Brown was a highly experimental artist, never quite adhering to one singular art style, and creating art of all kinds of subject matter including portraits, marine art, landscapes, architecture, and much more.
Additional Information
Depiction of animated trees blowing in the wind with a blue sky for a background.
Condition
Very good
Rights
Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”