Palmer Museum of Art acquires rare and important work by Grafton Tyler Brown

Palmer Museum of Art acquires rare and important work by Grafton Tyler Brown

Pennsylvania State University
2021-03-09

Grafton Tyler Brown, “Hot Springs at Yellowstone,” 1889, oil on canvas, 16 x 24 inches. Purchased with funds from the Terra Art Enrichment Fund, Palmer Museum of Art, 2020. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State has announced the purchase of the 1889 painting “Hot Springs at Yellowstone” by the artist Grafton Tyler Brown (1841–1918). Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to free Black parents, Brown went on to become known for his landscape paintings of Western subjects.

“Nineteenth-century landscape paintings by African American artists are exceedingly rare,” said Erin M. Coe, director of the Palmer Museum of Art. “This work is the first by an African American artist of the era to enter the museum’s collection.”…

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