Francis Brooks Chadwick (January 1, 1850–1942/43), was an American painter active in France. He was born in Boston and studied at Harvard, and to pursue his interest in art he attended the

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in Paris. He was friends with the painter

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and travelled with him to Haarlem in 1880. The following year he married the Swedish painter

Emma Löwstädt-Chadwick Emma Chadwick, née Emma Hilma Amalia Löwstädt (10 August 1855, Stockholm – 2 January 1932, Avignon), was a Swedish painter who specialized in genre scenes and portraits. Biography She was the granddaughter of Carl Teodor Löwstädt, an a ...

and they settled in

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, where he remained the rest of his life, though the couple travelled to other summer art colonies on vacation. They had three children including Louise Read Chadwick, wife of Squadron Leader

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He is known for scenes of Grez.Francis Brooks Chadwick
on Berry-hill gallery website

Portraits of Francis

File:Francis Brooks Chadwick.jpg, Francis B. Chadwick,

, 1880.

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File:Francis_Brooks_Chadwick-(1850-1943).png, Francis B. Chadwick File:EChadwick-Husband.jpg, Francis B. Chadwick
portrait by his wife File:Plaque Chadwick rue devant maison chad-Grez-sur-Loing.jpg, Chadwick street plaque in front of Chadwick' house,

, France

Portraits of Francis Family

File:Christopher_C_Chadwick.jpg, Christopher C. Chadwick
Father of Francis File:Louise Read Chadwick.jpg, Louise Read Chadwick
Mother of Francis File:Emma Hilma Amalia Löwstädt-Chadwick.jpg,

Emma Chadwick Emma Chadwick, née Emma Hilma Amalia Löwstädt (10 August 1855, Stockholm – 2 January 1932, Avignon), was a Swedish painter who specialized in genre scenes and portraits. Biography She was the granddaughter of Carl Teodor Löwstädt, an ...

Wife of Francis

References

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1850 births 1943 deaths Courmes family Painters from Boston Harvard University alumni 19th-century American painters American male painters 20th-century American painters American expatriates in France 19th-century American male artists 20th-century American male artists {{US-painter-stub