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Samuel Jesse Brown (October 3, 1917 – August 23, 1990) was a fighter pilot and a major in the United States Air Forces during World War II.
As one of the leading divorce attorneys in Annapolis, Mr. Brown has tried over 500 divorce, custody, support and visitation cases. His longest trial was 23 days and he was once referred to by a colleague as “the king of high conflict domestic cases in Anne Arundel County”.
He was a Black lawyer and activist. Samuel “Joe” Brown was born in Keosauqua, Iowa, to Elizabeth (Henderson) Brown and Lewis Brown. Lewis, a teamster, traced the family lineage to the original 20 slaves brought to Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619.
Samuel Joseph Brown Jr. (1907–1994) was a watercolorist, printmaker, and educator. He was the first African American artist hired to produce work for the Public Works of Art Project, a precursor to the Work Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. Brown often depicted the lives of African Americans in his paintings.
Samuel Joseph Brown, Jr. American. ca. 1941. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 999. Brown gained international acclaim as an accomplished watercolorist, and here he uses the medium to present his own image through flattened forms and matte surfaces.
Samuel J. Brown is known for San Andreas (2015), Adrift (2018) and Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023).
Samuel Joseph Brown. Nationality. American. Life Dates. 1907-1994. After moving to Philadelphia in 1917, Samuel J. Brown studied at the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art (now the University of the Arts) and earned his master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
