Bidspirit auction | Belmore Browne (1880 - 1954)

Belmore Browne (1880 - 1954) American - Belmore Browne (1880 - 1954) ” Landscape ” , Oil on board. , Signed , measures Browne's 1913 'Mt. McKinley, the South Face' is one of his most striking images of the mountain that captured his focus for almost a decade. It is painted with the attention to detail that is that of a naturalist and mountaineer, and the drama and skill of one of the country's most noted mountain painters. .In 1902 and 1903, while still in his early 20s, Browne served as hunter, illustrator and specimen preparer for naturalist Andrew Jackson Stone on his Alaska mammal collecting expedition for the American Museum of Natural History. After 1905 Browne turned his energies to mountaineering and was part of a group that in 1907 made the first ascent of Mt. Olympus in Washington State. An oil he painted in 1907 of Mount McKinley is the earliest known painting of the mountain Condition: Good Condition