Pair of pencil drawn male bodies in varying degrees of detail. Part of both images are incredibly, finely drawn with fine shading.
Richard Marsden Brown (1919–1964) was an American artist whose career spanned the mid-20th century, marked by a commitment to portraiture and representational painting. Among his notable works is the official oil portrait of First Lady Lou Henry Hoover, which is part of the White House Collection and exemplifies his skill in capturing character and grace. Brown's traditional approach to the human figure and his sensitivity to his subjects earned him a place among sought-after portraitists of his era.
Details of Brown’s broader oeuvre reveal a painter at ease with both formal portraiture and genre painting, as highlighted by works such as “Kat, Miss,” created in the early 1950s. His paintings have been featured at auction, reflecting a continued interest in his work among collectors of American art. Brown’s legacy is preserved through these distinguished portraits and his contributions to 20th-century American artistic tradition.