BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831-1913), American paint er, was born in Durham, England, Nov. 11, 1831. He studied at Newcastle-on-Tyne, at Edinburgh academy, and after remov ing to New York city in 1853, at the schools of the National Academy of Design, of which he afterwards became a member. In 1866 he became one of the charter members of the Water Colour Society, of which he was president from 1887 to 1904. He generally confined himself to representations of street child life, bootblacks, newsboys, etc. ; his "Passing Show" (Paris Salon, 1877) and "Street Boys at Play" (Paris Exhibition, 1900) are good examples of his popular talent. He died in New York city, Feb. 8, 1913.