| George
Browne (1918-1958), not to be confused with George Elmer
Browne (1871-1946), was a wildlife artist and the son of
Belmore Browne ANA.
George Browne was born in New York City, but his
family moved to Tacoma, Washington in his early years.
The family spent the summer each year in Banff where
they built a home and Belmore Browne painted in the
Canadian Rockies. Before George was 10, the family moved
to Santa Barbara where the weather would help George,
who had a health problem. In Santa Barbara, Belmore
taught at the Santa Barbara School of Art. George hated
school, which he left when was 14, and devoted himself
to painting with his father. He then studied for 4 years
at the California School of Fine Arts and then, just
before WWII, apprenticed with his father painting
dioramas at the Museum of Natural History in NYC. George
Browne was killed in an accidental shooting at a
conservation meeting in March of 1958. |
