George de Forest Brush was born in 1855, two years after Howard Pyle. He studied in Paris under Jean Leon Gerome, among others. His work was printed in Harpers and Century Magazines as early as 1881, including an illustrated article, An Artist Among the Indians in 1885. He taught at Cooper Union and at The Art Students League and he exhibited and was a member of the National Academy of Design. It is fairly unlikely that Wyeth was unaware of his work.
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de Forest Brush The Silence Broken - 1886 |
N.C.
Wyeth In the Crystal Depths - 1907 |
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| George de Forest Brush Mourning Her Brave - 1883 |
N.C. Wyeth Winter - 1909 |
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The Indian Hunter - undated |
The Hunter - 1907 |
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The Indian and the Lily - 1887 |
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Out of the Silence - c1886 |
Brush's focus on Indian subjects gave way to portraiture, though he returned to the subject throughout his life. All I know about him has been gleaned from the two references listed below. You can learn a little more at Cornish Arts Colony in Cornish and Plainfield, NH 1885-1930.
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| George de Forest Brush (Recollections of a Joyous Painter) | Nancy Douglas Bowditch, 1970 Noone House |
| George de Forest Brush 1855-1941 - Master of the American Renaissance | Joan B. Morgan, 1985 Berry-Hill Galleries |
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