George Browne (1918-1958)

Sportsman Harry Havemeyer Webb, the son of noted American Art collector Electra Havemeyer Webb, was a close friend and patron of painter George Browne, himself an active outdoorsman. The pair were known to hunt together, including at the family's Adirondack estate Nehasane. Autumn Harvest--Ruffled Grouse and Apple Tree features Browne's characteristically practiced brushwork, subtle use of light and shadow and his careful attention to detail and accuracy in his subject. The scene is likely reminiscent of one that the two might have found on the Webb family property, Shelburne Farms, in Vermont.