George de Forest Brush

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George de Forest Brush (September 28, 1855–April 24, 1941) was an American figure and portrait painter. He was born in Shelbyville, Tennessee He was a pupil of Gérome in Paris.

He studied in Paris under Jean Leon Gerome, among others. His work was printed in Harpers and Century Magazines as early as 1881, including an illustrated article, An Artist Among the Indians in 1885. He taught at Cooper Union and at The Art Students League and he exhibited and was a member of the National Academy of Design.

In 1883, public attention was first attracted to his work by his pictures of Native American life in the West, such as "The Silence Broken," "The Sculptor and the King," "The Indian and the Lily," and "The Moose Chase" (National Gallery, Washington).

Later in his career, his models were almost always his wife and his children. Among his awards were gold medals at the expositions of Chicago (1893), Paris (1900), Buffalo (1901), and St. Louis (1904). He was elected to the Society of American Artists and to the National Academy of Design (1906), and also to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His work includes many admirable portraits.

Brush died in Hanover, New Hampshire.