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Ralph Clarkson was an American artist, notable as one of the original member's of Lorado Taft's Eagle's Nest Art Colony near Oregon, Illinois.


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Charles Francis Browne was an American artist who studied art in Boston and Paris, eventually becoming a respected artist and professor in Chicago.

Early life
Charles Francis Browne was born in Natick, Massachusetts in 1859.

Formal training
Browne studied art at several institutions during his life. He studied at the Boston Museum School, the Pennsylvania Academy of Arts, and at the École des Beaux-Arts with Jean-Léon Gérôme.

Eagle's Nest
Browne, along with Lorado Taft, Ralph Clarkson, and a number of other artists, was a founding member of Eagle's Nest Art Colony near Oregon, Illinois. The colony was a summer reprieve for many prominent Chicago artists, writers and architects.

History
The house was erected for John Dowling in 1847 on the ground that had served as the stockade for the fort at Galena during the 1832 Black Hawk War. From the time the home was constructed until around 1900 it remained in the Dowling family. It passed to the Chamberlins, Gratiots, and Bales between 1904 and 1934.