Frederic Gregory Brown was an artist and designer born in
London
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in 1887, and died in 1941. He signed his works F Gregory Brown or Gregory Brown.
His father was the art master John Terrell Brown,
and he initially completed an apprenticeship in metal work when he left school.
After completing his apprenticeship he started out by making art metalwork, and in 1915 he was a founding member of the Design and Industries Association.
In 1914, Gregory started to design posters for
London Underground
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or as the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England.
The Undergro ...
, which he continued to do until 1940
producing over 70 designs. In 1915, he produced the front cover illustration for: IN HOC VINCE The story of A Red Cross Flag, by Florence L. Barclay; He expanded his clientele working with business such as the Empire marketing board, Railway Companies, ICI, Witney Blankets and department stores
Bobby & Co. and
Derry & Toms.
In 1925, he won Gold Medal at the Paris Exhibition of Decorative Arts for his textile designs
and continued to paint pictures in his unique style.
The
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*National Portrait Gallery, London
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has a number of photographic portraits of Brown, all taken by
Howard Coster
Howard Sydney Musgrave Coster (27 April 1885 – 17 November 1959) was a British photographer, opening a London studio in 1926. He was a self-styled 'Photographer of Men'.
Collections
After a childhood in the Isle of Wight, he was introduced t ...
in 1927.
References
External links
London Transport F Gregory Brown Archive page
British Council page*
Pictures of F G Brown in National Portrait Gallery
English artists
1887 births
1941 deaths
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