Hugh Boycott Brown RSMA British, 1909-1990
Artworks
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Hugh Boycott Brown RSMADec 24th, Rain and Storm, Aldeburgh Beach, 1985Oil on board7 x 9"
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Hugh Boycott Brown RSMALasers on the Alde, SlaughdenOil on board7 x 9"
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Hugh Boycott Brown RSMAMisty Morning, Aldeburgh LifeboatOil on board8 x 10"
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Hugh Boycott Brown RSMARainy Morning, Aldeburgh Beach, April 18th 1989Oil on board7 x 9.5"
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Hugh Boycott Brown RSMAThames Barge at SlaughdenOil on board7 x 9"
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Hugh Boycott Brown RSMAThe Town Steps, AldeburghOil on board16 x 12"
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Hugh Boycott Brown RSMAAldeburgh Beach, Jan 30 1989Oil on board7 x 9 "
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Hugh Boycott Brown RSMAMending Nets, AldeburghOil on board8 x 10 "
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Hugh Boycott Brown RSMAMorning Light, Aldeburgh BeachOil on board6 x 9 "
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Hugh Boycott Brown RSMAThe Barge MatchOil on board16 x 19 "
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Hugh Boycott Brown RSMAAldeburgh Beach, Jan 22 1984, Very ColdOil on board7 x 9 "
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Hugh Boycott Brown RSMAOn the BroadsOil on board16 x 20 "
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Hugh Boycott Brown RSMAThe Inca at Ipswich, 1980Oil on board16 x 20 "
About
It was his father, watercolourist Allan Robert Brown — who was himself the art master at the Royal Masonic School — who taught Hugh Boycott Brown to paint. Coming from an artistic family, Boycott Brown was educated at the Margaret Frobisher School in Bushey and attended evening classes at the Watford School of Art. He studied under Frederick Whiting and Bernard Adams at the Heatherley School of Art.
Teaching at the Royal Masonic School from 1929, Boycott Brown spent much of his time painting in East Anglia becoming friends with two artists who were to greatly influence his work: David Birch and Sir John Arnesby Brown. He worked as an intelligence officer during the Second World War, in India, South Africa, Burma and Northern Ireland. He returned to teaching after the war and bought a cottage at Blakeney so he could continue to paint the Norfolk coast in his spare time. Indeed, the coastal waters of Suffolk and Norfolk and his dramatic skies became hallmarks of his work. Boycott Brown eventually retired in 1970 and continued to paint up until his death in 1990.
Preferring to paint in the open air, Boycott Brown captured sudden changes of light and colour and often used old sailing barges and craft as points of interest. He found cloud formations fascinating and kept detailed charts linking prevailing winds to cloud forms. Whilst he was heavily influenced by Constable and Boudin, his direct, spontaneous style owes much to the impressionists.
Exhibitions
Hugh Boycott Brown exhibited at all of the major London galleries, including:
Royal Academy
Royal Society of British Artists
Royal Institute of Painters in Oils
Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours
Royal Society of British Artists
Royal Institute of Painters in Oils
Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours
Boycott Brown also gave solo exhibitions at Belgrave Gallery, London, and in many galleries across East Anglia and in the USA. Abbott and Holder presented a memorial exhibition in his honour in 1991.
Exhibitions
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