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Professor Fred Brown
Presented by Mrs Helen Thorp 1927
actions: postures and motions
adults
animals: features
artist, painter
arts and entertainment
Brown, Frederick
educational and scientific
feather
fine art and design, named works
fine arts and music
individuals: male
interiors
mahlstick
man
named individuals
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Whistler, James McNeill, mural, The Peacock Room, 1876-1877
work and occupations
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paper unique graphite ink
1 September 2014 – 30 November 2014
2014-11-30
1 September 2014 – 30 November 2014
2014-11-30
2014-09-01
State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (Moscow, Russia)
2014-09-01
Oscar Wilde. Aubrey Beardsley. Look from Russia
Loan-out
4 March 2020 – 20 September 2020
2020-09-20
4 March 2020 – 20 September 2020
2020-09-20
2020-03-04
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2020-03-04
Aubrey Beardsley
Exhibition
Professor Fred Brown
support: 254 × 254 mm
Presented by Mrs Helen Thorp 1927
<p><b>N04235</b> PROFESSOR FRED BROWN 1892
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<br/>Inscr. ‘AVB’ in monogram b.r. and ‘Fred Brown. N.E.A.C.’ t.l.
<br/>Pencil and ink, 10×10 (25·5×25·5).
<br/>Presented by Mrs Helen Thorp 1927.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Miss Nellie Syrett; ...; Mrs Helen Thorp.
<br/><i>Lit:</i>
Vallance in Ross, 1909, pp.70–1, No.37; Macfall, 1928, p.20.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Under the Hill</i>, 1904, p.77; <i>Artwork</i>, No.23, 1930, p.155.</p>
<p>Beardsley went to night classes at the Westminster School of Art under Professor Brown for three months in the summer of 1892. For Fred Brown, one of the founder-members of the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/n/new-english-art-club" title="Glossary definition for 'New English Art Club'"><span>New English Art Club</span></a>, see p. 78. The style of the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> shows the influence of Whistler, whose Peacock Room is imitated in the decoration of the wall. Beardsley acknowledged this influence by incorporating in the design a peacock feather and Whistler's ‘Butterfly’ signature.</p>
<p>Nellie Syrett, given by Lane (in <i>Under the Hill</i>) and Vallance as the owner of this drawing, was the sister of Netta Syrett who contributed to the <i>Keynotes Series of Novels and Short Stories</i> and <i>The Yellow Book</i>, both publications with which Beardsley was connected.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I</p>
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2004-10-06T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults animals: features artist, painter arts and entertainment Brown, Frederick educational and scientific feather fine art and design, named works fine arts and music individuals: male interiors mahlstick man named individuals objects paintbrush palette people picture portraits standing studio teacher Whistler, James McNeill, mural, The Peacock Room, 1876-1877 work and occupations workspaces