Junius brutus stearns biography of michael

Junius Brutus Stearns (born Lucius Sawyer Stearns) (, Arlington, VT — , Brooklyn, NY ) was an American painter best known for his five part Washington Series (–).[1]

He was member of the National Academy of Design for several decades and member of its Council. His painting The Millennium was submitted as credentials for his admission, a painting discussed in great detail in the book Something Coming: Apocalyptic Expectation and Mid-Nineteenth-Century American Painting [2]

Who was JB Stearns?

Despite that Butler Art [1] reports Junius as having been born "Raphael Stearns", Junius Brutus Stearns was actually born Lucius Sawyer Stearns[3] June 2, , in Vermont.

He died September 17, , in Brooklyn, New York, in a horse and carriage accident after returning from a night at the theatre[4]. He named two sons after him, one Lucius Stearns, and the other Junius Brutus Stearns, Jr. JB Stearns, Jr., served in the Civil War in the 44th Regiment[5]. JB Stearns served in the Civil War as well, Washington as Statesman at the Constitutional Convention TIK