Historic painting of Yellowstone by African-American Pennsylvania artist acquired by Penn State museum PennLive.com 4 days ago Marcus Schneck, pennlive.com
A rare painting of an iconic landscape in Yellowstone National Park by an African American artist born in Harrisburg has been added to the collection at the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State.
The museum has purchased the 1889 painting, Hot Springs at Yellowstone, by the artist Grafton Tyler Brown, who was born in 1841 in Harrisburg to free Black parents.
Brown, who is remembered for his landscape paintings of Western subjects, from 1886-91 painted more than 2 dozen images of the majestic terrain in Yellowstone, which had been designated a national park just 2 decades earlier.
Palmer Museum of Art acquires rare and important work by Grafton Tyler Brown
Grafton Tyler Brown, Hot Springs at Yellowstone, 1889, oil on canvas, 16 x 24 inches. Purchased with funds from the Terra Art Enrichment Fund, Palmer Museum of Art, 2020.
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Palmer Museum of Art acquires rare and important work by Grafton Tyler Brown
March 09, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State has announced the purchase of the 1889 painting Hot Springs at Yellowstone by the artist Grafton Tyler Brown (1841–1918). Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to free Black parents, Brown went on to become known for his landscape paintings of Western subjects.