Fleece Throw: Garden of PoppiesGarden of Poppies about 1891 John Appleton Brown, American,1844 1902 John Appleton Brown was a landscape painted and pastellist who had studied in France with Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (1796 1875). Brown established himself in a Boston studio in 1875 and concentrated upon creating poetic and pastoral depictions of the New England landscape. In Garden of Poppies, Brown employs a bright pallet to create the freshness of poet Celia Thaxter's Appledore