George De Forest Brush

George de Forest Brush began his academic training in New York at the National Academy of Design, followed by a journey to Paris when he was 19 years old. After an extended period in Europe, Brush and his brother Alfred traveled to the American West, where he spent time with the Arapaho, Shoshone, and Crow tribes. Brush later returned to New York, where he sought to depict subjects and human experiences common to all people.