Franz Brown is an artist (painter and photographer) living in Hot Springs, South Dakota. His work includes landscapes of the Black Hills in oil and acrylic. He also does some figurative work, portraits and the occasional locomotive that piques his interest. His work appears signed as Franz Brown and John Porthos Falstaff or John Falstaff. He has been seen worldwide as Santa Claus due to his work as a Santa Claus model in a collaborative project with artist Tom Browning of Oregon. He also does his own Santa and Christmas paintings.
Franz Brown's parents were also artists, the famous movie poster illustrator Reynold Brown and his wife Mary Louise Tejeda.
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Paintings sorted by year
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A Forest for the Trees A show planned for opening June 2010 The paintings from this series will be on display in Hot Springs, SD from June 4, 2010 through July 4, 2010. The works will be shown at United Churches and Brookside Apartments. |
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"A Forest for the Trees #11: High Country, Evening" Acrylic 24x48"  FKB1303 Northern Black Hills southwest of Lead (pr: leed), SD. An old gold mining town next door to the much more famous Deadwood, SD. A high altitude area. The name of the town of Lead refers to a gold mining term. |
"A Forest for the Trees #12: This is the twelfth and final large painting (24x48") in a series
of twelve scenes of the forests of the Black Hills. To see the whole series
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Posters and Photography Franz Brown does poster designs for his own shows as well as for other activities. These incorporate both paintings and photography. "House in a Pink Cloud" |
Collaborative Projects. |
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With Larry Belitz of Hot Springs, SD he has been
photographing Lakota and Plains Indian
artifacts and replications. |
For over twenty years
Franz Brown has worked with Tom Browning of Oregon on Browning's series of
paintings of Santa Claus. These have been published world wide. |
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 Contact Franz Brown or write Franz Brown, 646 S 16th Apt B4, Hot Springs, SD 57747 605-745-3718 |
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Movie poster illustrator and fine arts artist, Reynold Brown (Main website), is the father of Franz Brown.
Here is a new area being prepared but which still can be used. It looks with a little more detail at some of Reynold Brown's movie illustrations. Here is some discussion about Reynold Brown's movie illustrations. You can also reach this area from the main Reynold Brown website.
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