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William Staples Drown

1856 – 1915
Birthplace: Dorchester, Massachusetts

In his lifetime, Drown was one of the most widely known of New England artists. This recognition was achieved after many years of intense personal study and widespread travel in the pursuit of artistic advancement. Much of Drown’s art instruction came under the watchful eyes of Appleton Brown, a prominent Boston artist known for his New England Landscapes. Travel to and studies in Europe and the southern United States were a continues source of refinement and critique throughout his lifetime. Drown achieved acclaim as a member of the Providence art colony, where fellow artists such as Sydney Burleigh, H. Anthony Dyer, George Whitaker, Stacy Tolman and W. Alden Brown were his colleagues, and as were a leading number of the Ponce De Leon art colony in St. Augustine, Florida. Whenever he chose to travel and paint, Drown’s habit was to seek and work among the area’s best artists. As a result, his development as a painter included both a mastery of craftsmanship and coloring. G. Whitaker noted that Drown, “in a truly poetical way dreamed over his grey day canvas. Few artists have excelled him in this direction.” (Providence Journal, June 8, 1916)

The majority of success W. Staples Drown has was in painting very delicate tints in landscape. His mastery of charm in coloring and quiet atmospheric effects was said to be, “reflective on the man’s own quiet personality.” (Providence Journal, June 8, 1919). Drown was equally known for his water colors and oils. Aside from his active role as a painter in Providence, he also served in many appointed positions at the Providence Art Club and the Providence Water Color Club.

W. Staples Drown’s works are in many private collections and most notably his works hang at the providence Art Club, along with Raydon Gallery and Kennedy Gallery of New York.

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  • Anna R. Brewster 1870-1952
  • Sydney Burleigh 1853-1931
  • Henry Newell Cady 1849-1935
  • Samuel Roscoe Chaffee 1850 – 1913
  • Antonio Cirino 1888 - 1983
  • Edgar Corbridge 1901-1988
  • F. Usher DeVoll 1873 - 1941
  • William Staples Drown - 1856 - 1915
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  • Ruth Forrest 1919-1994
  • John Frazier 1889 - 1966
  • Eliza Gardiner 1871 - 1955
  • Rebecca Russel Greene - 1879 - 1953
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  • James Herbert 1898 - 1970
  • George Hitchcock 1850 - 1913
  • Margarete Koehler-Bittkow (1897-1964)
  • E.C. Leavitt 1842-1904
  • Florence Leif 1913 - 1968 *
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  • Frank C. Mathewson 1861 - 1941
  • Maxwell Mays 1918 - 2009
  • Angela O'Leary 1879-1921
  • Gordon Peers 1909 - 1988
  • Henri Schonhardt 1875 – 1953
  • Charles Stetson 1858-1911
  • Emma Swan 1853 - 1927
  • George Whitaker 1840 - 1916
  • Mabel May Woodward, 1877 - 1945

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