Paul Mayhew
Fine Art

HUGH BOYCOTT BROWN, R.S.M.A. (1909-1990)
Square Rigger returning to Harbour



Oil on canvas, signed
canvas size 24" x 36" (61cm x 92cm)
Price on application

Hugh Boycott Brown was a marine artist whose work was to be greatly influenced by the French Impressionists. He was born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, and was encouraged to paint from an early age by his father who was the artist Allan Robert Brown. Following his education, Hugh studied at the Heatherley's School of Art. He continued painting during his career in the army and then as an art teacher. His paintings were exhibited at the Royal Society of Marine Artists, the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Institute of Oil Painters and at the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours.

Boycott-Brown was also a leading member of the Wapping Group of Artists. It was founded in 1946 and they met on the banks of the River Thames to encourage paintings by its members. In 2005, a book was published, titled "The Wapping Group of Artists - Sixty years of Painting by the Thames". Inside the book, there is a photograph of the artist and some of his paintings.

Today his work can be seen at the National Maritime Museum, Cornwall, and also at the Bushey Museum & Art Gallery.