George de Forest Brush
George de Forest Brush (1855 - 1941)
American figure and portrait painter. George de Forest Brush was born in Tennessee. Following his art studies in Paris under Jean Leon Gerome, he taught in New York City at Cooper Union and the Art Students League and was a member of the National Academy of Design. For magazines, his did numerous illustrations which appeared in Harpers and Century, including a noteworthy illustrated article, “An Artist Among the Indians” in 1885.
George de Forest Brush became well known for his depictions of Native American scenes of the West, with works that are now in major museums, including the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. Among his awards were gold medals at the expositions of Chicago in 1893, Paris in 1900, Buffalo in 1901, and St. Louis in 1904. He was elected to the National Academy of Design, the Society of American Artists, and to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Brush died in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1941.
