Oil on masonite, signed at lower right, presented in a giltwood frame.

Panel 16 x 20 1/4 in.; Frame dimensions 22 x 25 1/2 in.

Born in Tompkinsville, New York, Belmore Browne studied at the New York School of Art and the Académie Julian in Paris. He is best known for his renderings of landscapes of the American West and Canada. Browne first traveled to Alaska in 1888, and between 1902 and 1912 he made several expeditions there for the American Museum of Natural History and participated in three attempts to climb Mount McKinley. At the close of this period, Browne settled chiefly on his work as an artist.

After serving in World War I, the artist moved to Banff, Alberta, where he lived year-round at first, and later spent winters in California. He was director of the Santa Barbara School of Fine Arts for several years. He produced notable habitat paintings for the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, the Boston Museum of Science, and the American Museum of Natural History.

In addition to the extensive collection of Browne's paintings at the Glenbow-Alberta Institute in Calgary, his works are found in the National Museum of American Art, Shelburne (Vermont) Museum, National Museum of Wildlife Art, and Amherst College Museum.

Good estate condition.