Painter of landscapes, especially with cows. Born in Nottingham, John Arnesby Brown studied art there, with Andrew McCallum and then with Sir Hubert von Herkomer at his Bushey School of Art, 1889–92. Brown’s wife Mia was also a painter. Brown’s reputation became international, but he concentrated his work on St Ives, in Cornwall, and Norfolk, although for about the last 20 years of his life, after his wife’s death, he lived in London for much of the time. Exhibited RA, Leicester Galleries, Goupil Gallery, RSA and at many other venues. In 1934 Brown was represented at the Venice Biennale, having a retrospective at Norwich Castle Museum the following year. Tate Gallery holds three typical scenes: Morning, Silver Morning and The Line of the Plough.