The Associates of Brand Library are pleased to present The Artwork of Robert Brown: A Retrospective Exhibition of a Life’s Work. This exhibition and sale will feature hundreds of works by long-time Glendale artist and educator Robert Brown (1917-2009).
Prices for original works of art are as low as $25. Take advantage of the opportunity to build your art collection! Cash, checks, and credit cards will be accepted.
Framed and unframed works, plus stained glass and glass sculptural work will be on sale for the duration of the exhibition, but for the best selection plan on attending the opening reception on Sunday, June 27, 5:30-8 pm!
Proceeds will benefit the Associates of Brand Library, a non-profit organization whose mission is to support Brand Library programs, collections, and facilities. Following the reception, the exhibition will be on view June 29-July 9, during the Library’s regular hours.
Robert Brown was born in San Francisco in 1917. He received his Bachelor of Arts from San Francisco State College and Masters of Fine arts degrees from both the California College of Arts and Crafts and the University of Southern California. Brown was a Professor of Fine Art at Glendale Community College and taught there from 1948 to 1983. In his retirement year, GCC mounted a retrospective show of 55 of his serigraphs. From the late 1940s to the early 1980s Brown was a prolific and master printmaker, producing strong, thought-provoking and often humorous works that spanned many styles, from figurative and abstract to pop art. In addition to his graphic works, he created contemporary stained glass pieces. Brown’s 52 foot architectural glass panel commissioned by The First Methodist Church in Glendale is still on view. Throughout his long career he developed new means of expression. In addition to his iconic print and glass works his oeuvre includes photography, drawings, collage, woodcuts, and ceramics. His decorative works—wallpapers, murals, textiles—are in private and public collections throughout southern California. Mr. Brown was an active member of the Western Serigraph Institute and an Honorary Artist of the Pasadena Society of Artists. He also served as president of the Los Angeles Printmaking Society foundation. Mr. Brown died in October, 2009 in Glendale at the age of 92. His daughter Jan Reilly made a gift of his works to the Associates of Brand Library as Mr. Brown loved the library and had exhibited his work there many times. His pieces entitled “Suburbia” and “Opposite but Equal” received the Brand Associates Purchase Award and are part of the Associates’ permanent collection.
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Brand Library & Art Center
Associates of Brand Library / Glendale Public Library
1601 West Mountain Street
Glendale, CA 91201
818-548-2051
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