Francis Brooks Chadwick

Francis Brooks Chadwick (January 1, 1850–1942/43), was an American painter active in France.

Francis Brooks Chadwick, John Singer Sargent, 1880
Francis Brooks Chadwick: portrait by his wife

He was born in Boston and studied at Harvard, and to pursue his interest in art he attended the Académie Julian in Paris. He was friends with the painter John Singer Sargent and travelled with him to Haarlem in 1880. The following year he married the Swedish painter Emma Löwstädt-Chadwick and they settled in Grez-sur-Loing, where he remained the rest of his life, though the couple travelled to other summer art colonies on vacation.[1]

He is known for scenes of Grez.[2]

References
  1. Francis Brooks Chadwick on website for artists active in Cornwall
  2. Francis Brooks Chadwick Archived 2016-04-29 at the Wayback Machine on Berry-hill gallery website


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