North Gallery: Robert “Bob” Brown Exhibit Opening Reception

Ramsey County Historical Society, in partnership with Landmark Center, will premiere an exhibition featuring local artist Robert Brown (1893-1954). While there are few known details of his life, we do know he studied briefly in Europe and New York City before settling in St. Paul, where he worked as an artist in the 1930s and ’40s. He painted, mostly watercolors, in the regionalist style promoted by the Federal Art Project (FAP). The FAP provided work and a basic income to a few thousand American artists and artisans during the Great Depression. Most of Brown’s known works are St. Paul urban scenes and landscapes.

Additional exhibition programming will include a walkthrough with local historian, Paul Nelson, who has written a retrospective of Brown and discovered images of many artworks that have not been seen in nearly 100 years. Look for the article “Bob Brown: Paint What You See” in the upcoming Summer 2022 issue of Ramsey County History magazine in late mid-late August.