Miss Monica Brown

Also known as Mona Brown, Wonica M. Brown, Monica Marion Brown, Miss M. Brown
  • Artist (Painter)
A late nineteenth-century oil painter and sketcher.
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Painter, was the daughter of Rev. George Brown.

Undated oil paintings in Mitchell Library collection: Balmoral Beach ; Thirroul .

Won a silver medal for her charcoal drawing entered in the pupils’ section of the Women’s Industries Exhibition in 1888 ( Sydney Morning Herald 22 October 1888, 3: info. Edwina Deakin). “Mona” Brown won a certificate for a perspective drawing ( Sydney Morning Herald 22 October 1888, 8).

Exhibited [Royal] Art Society of NSW, 1892: 'Miss Wonica [sic] M. Brown has a very clever little study in no.17’ ( Illustrated Sydney News 3 September 1892, 4: info. Edwina Deakin).

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Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011

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Related stub people
  • Brown, George (Rev.) (child of)
  • Brown, Sarah Lydia (child of)
Related stub person groups
  • [Royal] Art Society of NSW (associate of)
Related works
  • Thirroul (creator of)
  • Balmoral Beach (creator of)
Related collections
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Women's Industries Exhibition (received)
  • Women's Industries Exhibition (received)
Related events
  • Art Society of New South Wales Exhibition (exhibited at)