Lewis Brian Adams

Lewis Brian Adams 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.