Grafton Tyler Brown Art for Sale and Sold Prices

Landscape painter, Lithographer, b. 1841 - d. 1918

Grafton Tyler Brown (1841-1918) is considered the first black painter in California. He was the only known black lithographer in America during his time, and in San Francisco he was considered the most artful. He later went on to have a successful career as a landscape painter traveling throughout California and the Pacific Northwest.