Education
Brown studied from 1868 to 1877 at the National Art Training School, London (later the Royal College of Art). He later studied at the Académie Julian, Paris.
Brown studied from 1868 to 1877 at the National Art Training School, London (later the Royal College of Art). He later studied at the Académie Julian, Paris.
His work was influenced by Jules Bastien-Lepage. His portrait style was influenced by Whistler. From 1877 to 1892 he was headmaster of the Westminster School of Artist
Where his students included Aubrey Beardsley, Henry Tonks, Frederick Pegram and Francis Job Short.
From 1893–1918 he was Slade Professor of Artist Augustus John, William Orpen, Alfred Garth Jones, Emily Beatrice Bland and Wyndham Lewis and Henry Charles Brewer studied under Brown during his tenure.