Lewis Brian Adams (1809 – 27 June 1853) Central Bank of Venezuela
"Lewis Brian Adams"
Retrieved 7 March 2015. was an

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painter who spent most of his career in

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. He studied at the

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in London and exhibited there for a number of years. Why he went to Caracas is unknown, but it seems likely that it was to paint in a market where he would find less competition. He introduced a number of trends from English portraiture to the world of Venezuelan art. Adams became acquainted with the

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n painter Ferdinand Bellermann during the latter's time in Venezuela.

References

*''Leading Figures in Venezuelan Painting of the Nineteenth Century'', Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center, exhibition catalogue 19th-century English painters English male painters Venezuelan painters 1809 births 1853 deaths 19th-century English male artists {{England-painter-stub