Roy Henry Brown (American, 1879-1956), "The Lone Cottage," oil on canvas landscape depicting a cottage in a stand of trees in a bare meadow on a cloudy day.  Signed lower right and dated 1909. Molded giltwood frame with brass label for Lucien Lefebvre Foinet, Paris, and several paper labels, including one for an undated Paris exhibition, one for the 13th annual Exhibition at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh,1909, and a label for the 23rd Annual Paintings and Sculpture Exhibition of 1910 at the Art Institute of Chicago. Brown's name and the title of this work appear in the Carnegie Institute 1909 exhibition catalog, however, Brown's name and this title do not appear in the 1910 Art Institute of Chicago exhibition catalog, suggesting this painting might have been submitted, but never actually exhibited. (Brown did exhibit two paintings at the AIC 24th annual exhibit in 1911, "A Snow Effect" and "Winter," and again in 1912 at the 25th annual AIC exhibit but none of the titles match this scene).  Sight: 20 1/2 in. H x 25 in. W. Frame: 29 in. H x 33 1/2 in. W.

Biography: "A prominent early 20th Century east coast artist, Roy Henry Brown was a landscape painter with studios in New York City in the winters and Wilton, New Hampshire during the summers.  He began his career in Chicago as an illustrator for the Chicago Tribune. About 1900, he went to New York where he enrolled in the Art Students League.  Among his teachers were Kenyon Cox and George Bridgman.  From 1907 to 1914, he lived in France, studying at the Academie Julian with Jean Paul Laurens, Rene Menard, and Jean Francois Raffaeli. Brown worked in both oil and watercolor and from 1939 to 1944, was President of the American Watercolor Society and led the merger of that group with the New York Watercolor Club.  He was also a full member of the National Academy of Design, which he served as Vice President from 1949 to 1950." Source: Ruth Pasquine, "Roy Henry Brown," Painting and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, p. 72. 

Overall good condition with old wax lining. A couple of tiny inclusions upper left quadrant. Frame appears original and has some surface losses and several edge chips. 

By descent in the family of Walter Squire, New York, to present Middle Tennessee collection.  Squire was a music composer and art collector who befriended several artists during his time living in Europe 1908-1911, including Roy Brown.