Joan Brown
| Joan Brown | |
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 Joan Brown, 1975 / Mimi Jacobs, photographer. [Photographs of artists taken by Mimi Jacobs, photographer], Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. | |
| Birth name | Joan Vivien Brown |
| Born |
February 13, 1938 San Francisco, California |
| Died |
October 26, 1990 (aged 52) Puttaparthi, India |
| Nationality | American |
| Field | Painting |
| Training | California School of Fine Arts (1955-1960) (BFA, 1959; MFA, 1960) |
| Movement | Bay Area Figurative Movement |
| Awards |
James D. Phelan Award (1962) |
Joan Brown (February 13, 1938 – October 26, 1990) was an American figurative painter who lived and worked in Northern California. She was a member of the "second generation" of the Bay Area Figurative Movement.
Personal life and education
Joan Brown was born in San Francisco and studied at the California School of Fine Art (now San Francisco Art Institute), where her teachers included Elmer Bischoff.
Brown was married to Bay Area Figurative sculptor Manuel Neri from 1962 to 1966, though their relationship and artistic collaboration dated back several years prior to this.
Career
Brown achieved prominence with a style of figurative painting that combined bright color, sometimes cartoonish drawing, and personal symbolism.
In the late 1970s, Brown became increasingly interested in spirituality and New Age ideas, eventually becoming an adherent of Sathya Sai Baba. She made a number of trips to his ashram in Puttaparthi, India. In 1990, she died in a construction accident while installing an obelisk at the Sai Baba's Eternal Heritage Museum - "Sanathana Samskruti" in Puttaparthi, India.[1][2][3]
Brown was also a competitive swimmer.
References
- ↑ "Internationally Known Bay Area Artist Dies in Museum Accident in India", Associated Press, October 28, 1990. (Accessed via LexisNexis Academic, 2008-03-15.)
- ↑ "Joan Brown, Art: Berkeley", University of California: In Memoriam, 1991.
- ↑ Tsujimoto K, Baas J. (1998). The Art of Joan Brown. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-21468-4 (hardbound), ISBN 0-520-21469-2 (paperback).
Sources
- Strong C, Chadwick W. (1995). Working Together: Joan Brown and Manuel Neri, 1958–1964. Belmont, CA: Wiegand Gallery, College of Notre Dame.
- Tsujimoto K, Baas J. (1998). The Art of Joan Brown. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-21468-4 (hardbound), ISBN 0-520-21469-2 (paperback).
- Marika Herskovic, Abstract and Figurative Expressionism: Style is Timely Art is Timeless (New York School Press, 2009.) ISBN 0-9677994-2-2. pp. 56–59
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Joan Brown. |
- Official website
- Joan Brown at Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco.
- Online guide to the Joan Brown Papers at The Bancroft Library
- Interactive feature on Joan Brown, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- This Kind of Bird Flies Backward: Paintings by Joan Brown exhibition website, San Jose Museum of Art.
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