page_title: William Mason Brown
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: William Mason Brown / Career
caption_attribution_description: William Mason Brown - Peaches on a White Plate, gouache, oil and tempera on paper, c. 1880, High Museum of Art
context_page_description: William Mason Brown was an American artist.
context_section_description: Brown painted portraits, landscapes, and trompe l’oeil still life's.
  One of the better known of the Hudson River School’s second generation, he was renowned for romantic landscapes and still lifes. 
  He was influenced by Thomas Cole and others of the first generation of the Hudson River’s School, Brown was also heavily influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite's. 
  In 1850, he moved to Newark, New Jersey, and began specializing in landscape painting. 
  In 1858, he moved to Brooklyn, New York, and switched to painting still lifes.
  He exhibited at the National Academy of Design for thirty-one years. 
  His paintings are to be found at The Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
  He usually signed his work as Wm M Brown.
caption: William Mason Brown - Peaches on a White Plate, c. 1880, High Museum
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