Glenn Brown: Anatomy of Trees: Gainsborough’s House, Suffolk, England
Beginning with a deep admiration for historical art, Glenn Brown is renowned for incorporating art-historical references into his paintings and drawings. Alongside influences drawn from popular culture and contemporary imagery, Brown has developed a distinctive visual language of his own; one that challenges conventional approaches to representation.
Through a process of transformation and reinvention, Brown reinterprets the past to create paintings that evoke attraction and repulsion in equal measure, as well as a sense of the uncanny and the surreal. The result is art that is at once beautiful, unsettling, and deeply thought-provoking.
Anatomy of Trees will be the largest UK museum display of his work for more than 10 years, including paintings, drawings and sculpture made over the last decade.
Artworks
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Glenn BrownOh well, enough said, bring on the dead, 2018Acrylic paint on drafting film over panel, in frame111.9 x 84 cm (44 1/8 x 33 1/8 in) sheet size
144.4 × 116.5 × 4.5 cm (56 7/8 × 45 7/8 × 1 3/4 in) frame size -
Glenn BrownDoggerland, 2022/2024/2026Oil and acrylic on panel216 x 144 x 2 cm (85 1/8 x 56 3/4 x 3/4 in) panel -
Glenn BrownLiving in the Sun, 2025Oil, acrylic and Indian ink on panel112 x 85 cm (44 1/8 x 33 1/2 in) -
Glenn BrownThe Holy Bible III, 2022Acrylic on panel198 x 123.4 x 2.2 cm (78 x 48 5/8 x 7/8 in)
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Glenn BrownDrawing 8 (after Tiepolo), 2017India ink and watercolour on paper49.9 x 36.7 cm (19 5/8 x 14 1/2 in) sheet size
59.6 x 46.5 x 2.75 cm (23 1/2 x 18 1/3 x 1.1 in) frame size -
Glenn BrownBikini, 2022Oil on panel200 x 140.9 cm (78 3/4 x 55 1/2 in) -
Glenn BrownDrawing 6 (after Bloemaert), 2025Acrylic and Indian ink on film over board, in frame62 x 39.7 cm (24 3/8 x 15 5/8 in) sheet
88 x 70.5 x 8.5 cm (34 5/8 x 27 3/4 x 3 3/8 in) frame -
Glenn BrownDrawing 6 (after Del Sarto/Grimaldi), 2017India ink on polyester film, over cardboard, in frame42.1 x 29.7 cm (16 5/8 x 11 3/4 in) sheet size
54.5 × 45.5 × 2.3 cm (21 1/2 × 17 7/8 × 7/8 in) framed size
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Glenn BrownSo We Drove On Towards Death Through the Cooling Twilight, 2025Oil, acrylic and Indian ink on panel216 x 144 x 2.2 cm (5 x 56 3/4 x 7/8 in) -
Glenn BrownCrow and a Baby, 2026Oil paint, acrylic and Indian ink on panel, in frame94 x 60 cm (37 x 23 5/8 in) panel
108 x 77 x 6 cm (42 1/2 x 30 1/4 x 2 3/8 in) frame -
Glenn BrownThe Joy of Sex, 2025Oil, acrylic and Indian ink on panel, in frame92 x 57 x 2 cm (36 1/4 x 22 1/2 x 3/4 in) panel
115.7 x 81.1 x 7.2 cm (45 1/2 x 31 7/8 x 2 7/8 in) frame -
Glenn BrownMorbid Fancies, 2025/2026Oil paint on marble116 x 43 x 37 cm (45 5/8 x 16 7/8 x 14 5/8 in)
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Glenn BrownDrawing 1 (after Bloemaert) , 2018India ink and acrylic paint on film over panel, in frame45.9 x 64.2 cm (18 1/8 x 25 1/4 in) sheet size
78 × 89.3 × 6 cm (30 3/4 × 35 1/8 × 2 3/8 in) frame size -
Glenn BrownThe Redeemer, 2026Oil on panel200 x 141 cm (78 3/4 x 55 1/2 in) panel
206 x 147 x 4.5 cm (81 1/8 x 57 7/8 x 1 3/4 in) frame -
Glenn BrownDrawing/Painting 35 (after De Heer), 2015Indian ink and acrylic on panel75 x 60 cm (29 1/2 x 23 5/8 in) -
Glenn BrownLow Hanging Fruit, 2025/2026Oil, acrylic and Indian ink on panel112 x 80 x 2 cm (44 1/8 x 31 1/2 x 3/4 in) panel
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Glenn BrownDrawing V (after Xian), 2026Acrylic and Indian ink on polyester film, in frame75.7 x 43.3 cm (29 3/4 x 17 in) sheet
92.3 x 59 x 3.5 cm (36 3/8 x 23 1/4 x 1 3/8 in) frame -
Glenn BrownRabbit Hole, 2025Oil, acrylic and Indian ink on panel, in frame76.2 x 50.6 x 2 cm (30 x 19 7/8 x 3/4 in) panel
99.4 x 74.3 x 8 cm (39 1/8 x 29 1/4 x 3 1/8 in) frame -
Glenn BrownDrawing III (after Novelli), 2025Acrylic and Indian ink on polyester film, in frame22.4 x 27 cm (8 7/8 x 10 5/8 in) sheet
43 x 50 x 4.2 cm (16 7/8 x 19 3/4 x 1 5/8 in) frame -
Glenn BrownThe Holy Lamb of God, 2026Oil, acrylic and Indian ink on panel, in frame187 x 107 cm (73 5/8 x 42 1/8 in) approx panel size
215 x 130 x 5 cm (84 5/8 x 51 1/8 x 2 in) frame
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Glenn BrownThe Bleating Shoe, 2020India ink, acrylic and oil on panel, in frame43.8 x 53.8 cm (17 1/4 x 21 1/8 in) panel
57 x 67 x 6.75 cm (22 1/2 x 26 3/8 x 2 5/8 in) frame -
Glenn BrownDrawing IV (after Quan), 2026Acrylic and Indian ink on polyester film, in frame60 x 45 cm (23 5/8 x 17 3/4 in) sheet
74 x 59.2 x 3.4 cm (29 1/8 x 23 1/4 x 1 3/8 in) frame -
Glenn BrownJoanna the Mad, 2026Acrylic on panel197.6 x 122 cm (77 3/4 x 48 in) -
Glenn BrownThe Flowers of My Youth, 2025Oil and acrylic over bronze114 x 37 x 27 cm (44 7/8 x 14 5/8 x 10 5/8 in)
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Glenn BrownDrawing for mural, Castle Bravo (after Bloemaert), 2022India ink and acrylic on film252.5 x 84.3 cm (South panel)
157.5 x 84.3 cm (West panel)
252.5 x 84.3 cm (North panel) -
Glenn BrownDrawing IX (after Greuze), 2025Acrylic and Indian ink on film, in frame55.8 x 41 cm (22 x 16 1/8 in) sheet
80 x 65 x 4.2 cm (31 1/2 x 25 5/8 x 1 5/8 in) frame -
Glenn BrownDrawing VIII (after Greuze), 2025Acrylic and Indian ink on film, in frame55.8 x 41 cm (22 x 16 1/8 in) sheet
80 x 65 x 4.2 cm (31 1/2 x 25 5/8 x 1 5/8 in) frame -
Glenn BrownBring on the Dancing Horses (after Del Sarto/Greuze), 2019Linocut on Hakuraku paper
Signed by the artist and numbered on the reversePlate size: 90 x 70 cm (35 7/16 x 27 9/16 in)
Sheet size: 96.7 x 75.2 cm (38 1/16 x 29 5/8 in)Edition of 38(Edition record)
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Glenn BrownDrawing 4 (after Rembrandt), 2016India ink and coloured pencil on vellum40.9 x 29.8 cm (16 1/8 x 11 3/4 in) -
Glenn BrownDrawing 2 (after de Boissieu), 2022India ink and acrylic on polyester film over panel, in frame41.5 x 33 cm (16 3/8 x 13 in) sheet size
47.8 x 39.2 x 2.3 cm frame size
Work is in a German 19th century silver-lacquered Berliner Leiste style frame -
Glenn BrownThe Holy Bible I, 2026Acrylic on panel198 x 123.4 x 2.2 cm (78 x 48 5/8 x 7/8 in) panel
205 x 130 x 5.5 cm (80 3/4 x 51 1/8 x 2 1/8 in) frame -
Glenn BrownPosthumous Flutter, 2026Acrylic and Indian ink on polyester film, in frame84.5 x 56.7 cm (33 1/4 x 22 3/8 in) sheet
83.2 x 51.7 cm (32 3/4 x 20 3/8 in) visible size
107.5 x 77.5 x 4 cm (42 3/8 x 30 1/2 x 1 5/8 in) frame