Collection search - Eric and Florence Maud Brown fonds [graphic material, textual record]

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Eric and Florence Maud Brown fonds [graphic material, textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1914-1978.

Reference:

R2336-0-6-E, MG30-D253

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102321

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Eric and Florence Maud Brown fonds
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Fonds includes:

395 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1914-1978.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

20.1 cm of textual records.
828 photographs b&w.
39 drawings pencil, charcoal, crayon.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of the following: Eric Brown manuscripts, n.d., 1914-1935; F. Maud Brown manuscripts, n.d.; correspondence, n.d., 1961; certificate received by Florence Maud Brown, photocopy, 1967; Pegi Nicol MacLeod papers, n.d., 1944-1949; Leila Roberts manuscript, 1926; printed material, n.d., 1923-1970, 1978; scrapbooks, n.d., 1921-1939.

The fonds also contains photographs depicting the activities of Eric Brown. The Subjects include his family and friends, canoe trips in Ottawa, Ont., Canada and European countries, ca. 1920-1940, and a photograph, by U.P.I., Ottawa, of Florence Maud Brown at an unidentified function, n.d.

Also included is an album of sketches by Maud Brown mainly depicting landscapes and outdoor views, as well as nine loose sketches including figure studies, portraits and landscapes, n.d.

Provenance:

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Brown, Eric, 1877-1939

Additional name(s):

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Brown, Maud, 1881-1978

Biography/Administrative history:

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Brown, Eric, 1877-1939 : Eric Brown was born in Nottingham, England, and studied art in England. Mr. Brown and Florence Maud Brown (1881-1978) immigrated to Canada from their native England in 1909 and married in 1910. Before his appointment in 1910 as curator at the National Gallery of Canada, Eric Brown worked with the Montreal Art Association and the Art Gallery of Toronto. In 1913, Brown was appointed director of the National Gallery, a position he held until his death. During his career, Brown championed the work of the Group of Seven, gaining it representation at the Wembley Exhibition in 1924 and later at the Paris exhibition.

He recognized the importance of Emily Carr's painting and after meeting her in 1927 encouraged her in her work. As well as editing and compiling National Gallery catalogues, Brown wrote and published many addresses and articles on art. He died at Ottawa on April 6.

Brown, Maud, 1881-1978 : Florence Maud Brown (1881-1978) and Eric Brown (1877-1939) immigrated to Canada from their native England in 1909 and married in 1910. They resided Ottawa and Toronto.

F. Maud Brown was the author of children's stories, sketches, articles on various subjects, and a biography of her husband, "Breaking Barriers".

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Custodial history:

Textual records received in 1979 from the estate of F. Maud Brown through E. Robert F. Edelsten of Ottawa, Ont.
Subject heading:

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Leila Roberts, 19th Century - Autographs, 1926 Emily Carr, 1961

Art museum curators - Canada, 1914-1978 Viscountess Marie Willingdon, 1961

W.G. Constable, 1961

University of Cambridge (Cambridge, England), 1967

Pegi Nicol MacLeod, 1944-1949

"Lake Ontario", 1944-1949

Sir Arnesby Brown, 1923-1970, 1978
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1979-013 PIC
1979-044 NPC
1980-166 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-D253
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 D 253] 1--2

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [BROWN, ERIC 1980-166] 5847

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1979-013] BK-017

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photographs (Acc. no. 1980-166 NPC): No restrictions on use. Copyright: United Press International. Credit: United Press International / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.
Photographs (Acc. no. 1979-044 NPC): No restrictions on reproduction or use. Copyright is expired. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.
Drawings: No restrictions. Copyright: Estate of Maud Brown. Credit: National Archives of Canada.

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