{"id":21,"date":"2015-01-21T10:46:22","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T10:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lucienbeton.eu\/brown\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2022-01-31T12:18:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T11:18:34","slug":"john-lewis-brown","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/john-lewis-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"John Lewis Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roots across the Channel<\/h2>\n

The history of BROWN goes back almost one thousand years, with traces of vines here as early as the 12th century. Two centuries later, during the Hundred Years\u2019 War between the Kingdoms of England (the Plantagenets) and France, Aquitaine and its vineyards were to remain in English hands for quite some time.<\/p>\n

Ch\u00e2teau Barri\u00e8re (named after Antoine Barri\u00e8re, owner from 1750 to 1795) officially took the name Ch\u00e2teau Brown at the end of the 18th century. Indeed, Ch\u00e2teau Brown owes its name to a rich Scottish wine trader, John-Lewis Brown<\/strong>, who settled in Bordeaux shortly after the Revolution, in 1795<\/strong>. He built Ch\u00e2teau Brown\u2019s iconic chartreuse house and he was determined to transform his L\u00e9ognan estate into somewhere as beautiful as it was productive.<\/p>\n

J.L. Brown was also behind the construction of Ch\u00e2teau Cantenac-Brown<\/strong> (Margaux) and was known for his luxurious lifestyle and countless receptions organised in the M\u00e9doc.<\/p>\n

In addition to his name, this wine and art enthusiast passed on his passion for the vine and for painting to his grandson, animal painter John Lewis Brown<\/strong> (1829-1890). He spent part of his childhood at Ch\u00e2teau Brown, in the fashionable equestrian and art circles where his family moved. A childhood that would shape his work – especially hunting scenes – which can be found today in the Mus\u00e9e des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux, Libourne or Tate London\u2026<\/p>\n

This celebrated animal painter enjoyed fame across Europe and a precursor of Impressionism: it is even said that the Herm\u00e8s<\/strong> brand drew inspiration from his paintings for the designs of some of its famous silk scarves\u2026<\/p>\n

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\u201cLe Hussard\u201d by JL Brown, in Libourne Fine Arts Museum<\/p><\/div>\n

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