The Life and Art of John Appleton Brown Born in West Newbury, Massachusetts, John Appleton Brown was an American landscape painter who worked primarily in oils and pastels. His artistic journey began with studies under Alfred Thompson Bricher before he traveled to France in 1866. During his time in France, he studied under Emile Lambinet, a protégé of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. By the 1870s, Brown had become a successful painter in Boston, exhibiting his work at the Boston Art Club and various prominent galleries. In 1874, he and his wife, the artist Agnes Augusta Bartlett, traveled to Fran…