Byron Browne (artist)

Byron Browne (1907-1961) was an American painter and founding member of the American Abstract Artists.

This article is about the American Artist. For the Major League Baseball player, see Byron Browne.
Byron Browne
Born
George Byron Browne

(1907-06-26)June 26, 1907
Yonkers, New York
DiedDecember 25, 1961(1961-12-25) (aged 54)
New York, New York
NationalityAmerican
EducationNational Academy of Design
Known forPainting
MovementAbstract Art
Spouse(s)
Rosalind Bengelsdorf
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(m. 1940)​

Biography

Browne was born on June 26, 1907 in Yonkers, New York.[1] He studied at the National Academy of Design from 1925 to 1928. He was a member of the Artists Union.[2] In 1936 he was one of the founding members of the American Abstract Artists.[3] He created murals under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration for the Chronic Disease Hospital and the 1939 New York World's Fair.[2] In 1940 he married fellow artist Rosalind Bengelsdorf. He taught painting at the Art Students League of New York from 1948 through 1959 and went on to teach at New York University.[4] He died on December 25, 1961 in New York City.[1][2]

Browne's work is included in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago,[5] the Museum of Modern Art,[6] the Philadelphia Museum of Art,[7] the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[2] and the Whitney Museum of American Art.[8]

References
  1. "Byron George Browne". RKD. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  2. "Byron Browne". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. "Founding Members". American Abstract Artists. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  4. "Byron Browne". Abstract Artist. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  5. "Byron Browne". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  6. "Byron Browne". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  7. "Collections Object : Woman by a Window". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  8. "Byron Browne". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

Further reading
  • Rogers, Jim Byron Browne, A Seminal American Modernist: Paintings and Drawings, 1929 to 1961 ISBN 0971406502
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