Alexander Kellock Brown
Other names: RSA
Born 1849
Died 1922
Active: 1905
Country of birth and death: Scotland
Painter, watercolourist
Born in Edinburgh. His father was Robert Brown, a Master brassfounder and designer of gasoliers. His mother was Margaret Kellock. Alexander exhibited extensively in Scotland and England and was elected a full member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1908. Brown was the co-founder of the Scottish Artist's Benevolent Association, and was its President until 1922. He was also President of the Glasgow Art Club. Brown died in Lamlash, Arran.
This record incorporates information given to the project by Douglas Alexander Brown.
Institutional and Business Connections
Founder member of Scottish Artists Benevolent Association
Brown was one of the co-founders of the association and was its president until 1922
Member of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers
President of The Glasgow Art Club
Dates of presidency unconfirmed
Sources
The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903 including The Correspondence of Anna McNeill Whistler, 1855-1880
http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence/people/biog/?bid=Brow_AK&firstname=&surname=brown (accessed 19 August 2010)
Citing this record
'Alexander Kellock Brown', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib5_1229604648, accessed 29 Jan 2020]
