Lewis Brian Adams

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Lewis Brian Adams (1809 – 27 June 1853)Central Bank of Venezuela. [http://www.bcv.org.ve/blanksite/c3/colecarte/adams_index.htm "Lewis Brian Adams"]. Retrieved 7 March 2015. was an English painter who spent most of his career in Venezuela. He studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in London and exhibited there for a number of years. Why he went to Caracas is unknown, but it seems likely that it was to paint in a market where he would find less competition. He introduced a number of trends from English portraiture to the world of Venezuelan art.

Adams became acquainted with the Prussian painter Ferdinand Bellermann during the latter's time in Venezuela.