About John Brown Abercromby
Lived 1843 – 1929 (aged 85–86). John Brown Abercromby was a British painter.
John Brown Abercromby (1843–1929) was a Scottish artist whose styles and genres varied from traditional portraiture and domestic scenes to avant-garde modernist.
Life
Although mainly linked to Edinburgh and Midlothian he appears to have an Aberdeen connection, and may have been from there. He exhibited between 1880 and 1923.
He lived at 17 Torphichen Street during his operational years but disappears from Edinburgh directories in later life. He was married to Jessie Ramage (1851–1913), daughter of the artist James Ramage (1824–1887).
He died on 30 March 1929, aged 86. He is buried in the Grange Cemetery in southern Edinburgh.
Known works Portrait of Robert Alexander (Scottish National Portrait Gallery) Portrait of William Beattie-Brown RSA (Royal Scottish Academy) Portrait of William McTaggart (1906) Horse and Cart Table D’Hote The Village Maiden (1878) Making Clothes for Dolly Toddling About Mary Cameron, artist, in her Studio Household Pets (1879) Domestic Cares Good Bye The Spires of Edinburgh
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British painter (1843-1929)
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