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Elmore Joseph Brown (July 7, 1899-April 3, 1968) was an American painter and illustrator who is probably best known for his horse painting reproductions in the 1960s.



Life and work
Elmore Joseph Brown was born in Buchanan, Michigan and went to High School in Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. In High School he worked on the school newspaper with [|Ernest Hemingway] and illustrated Hemingway’s short story “Matter of Colour” Brown passed away in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1968.

Brown was accepted into the [|School of the Art Institute of Chicago] with his 1920 painting "A market on the Nile". At the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Brown studied under [|John Warner Norton], [|George Bellows], [|Leopold Seyffert], Leopold Kross and [|Eugene (Edward) Speicher].

Brown's art was exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Turf & Field Club in Belmont Park, New York in 1955, at the Fairfield Hunt Club in 1955 and the USAF Exh. Pentagon, Washington DC. Brown illustrated for Collier’s magazine between 1933-1949 and had a cover illustration for the July 21, 1934 issue of Colliers. He also illustrated many stories and articles for the San Antonio Light newspaper, did a number of illustrations for the Kohler Company in Kohler, Wisconsin and illustrated some book covers in the 1940s.

Brown’s popularity with the general public was achieved through reproductions of his horse paintings created between 1960-1966. The Donald Art Company (D.A.C.) sold reprints of 10 of Brown’s paintings between 1960-1984. Brown signed those paintings simply with eb plus the date (for example eb66) Many artists didn't sign their name at all when creating pieces for mass production. Many of his other paintings and magazine illustrations were signed “Elmor Brown” – Elmore without the e.