Artist
Junius Brutus Stearns
American, 1810–1886
Junius Brutus Stearns was an American Realism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Brooklyn Museum. Junius Brutus Stearns was born in Arlington.
Junius Brutus Stearns (born Lucius Sawyer Stearns, June 2, 1810 – September 17, 1885) was an American painter best known for his five-part Washington Series (1847–1856). He was a member of the National Academy of Design for several decades and a member of its council. He was born Lucius Sawyer Stearns in Arlington, Vermont.
He named two sons after him, one Lucius Stearns, and the other Junius Brutus Stearns, Jr. Stearns, Jr., served in the Civil War in the 44th Regiment. JB Stearns served in the Civil War as well, in New York's 12th Regiment. He also had two other sons, Raphael and Michaelangelo, and a daughter, Edith Sylvia.
His painting The Millennium was submitted as credentials for his admission as a member of the National Academy of Design.
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