"Chestnut Horse" Oil on Board by Paul Brown Palm Beach Life Magazine

"Chestnut Horse" Oil on Board by Paul Brown Palm Beach Life MagazineArt Sz: 14"H x 18"W Oil on masonite board Provenance: The Estate of Paul Desmond Brown Paul Desmond Brown (American, 1893 1958) was an artist, illustrator, and chronicler of sporting life in the first half of the 20th century. He was well known for his drawings of horses, dogs, and their human companions. His drawings and sketches of animals, especially horses, at work and play, were published in sporting magazines, Brooks Brothers catalogs, and

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noted design writer Chippy Irvine—is at once illustrated autobiography

This was the world of Nancy Lancaster: aristocrat

and at the National Academy of Design in New York City

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Elizabeth Gibson

which published it singly (in which form it enjoyed huge sales due to Bates's success with the "Flying Officer X" stories) and as the lead story in a 1949 compilation

the Creek Chub Bait Company became the world's largest manufacturer of wooden artificial fish baits

and Robert Browning

and then painted over his outlines—a method that eventually led to his adoption of the silk-screening process

He first came to public attention after Jo Hughes