Brown's most important painting was Work (1852-1865), commissioned by Thomas Plint and which he showed at a special exhibition.

His work was first shown publicly at an amateur exhibition held in the small town of Ivanec in 1932.

Provided it doesn't melt, she now plans to show it at an exhibition in London.

In 1905 two of his oil paintings were shown at an exhibition in Portland, Oregon.

"It was shown at a exhibition in Paris in 1930 to which Picasso came," she recalled.

In 2005, he managed to bring about 40 of his paintings to England, which were then shown at an exhibition in Basildon.

On their return he machined and assembled them and soon showed the finished model at a local exhibition.

It was shown at an exhibition from September 9 to October 21, 2007.

Another memorial monument, entitled "Religion", was shown at an international exhibition in 1862.

It is a fate he himself narrowly avoided when he showed one of his paintings at an exhibition that enraged Khrushchev.