About Carlyle Brown

  • Biography

    Carlyle Brown was born in Los Angeles, California on July 9th, 1919, the son of Eugene Montgomery Brown and his wife Goldie. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were not natives of California, having been born in Tennessee and Illinois, respectively. Mr. Brown's occupation was listed in the 1930 census as "broker" of "merchandise." Their first child, a daughter named Fanchon, was born in 1917 and Carlyle completed their family.

    After graduating from Glendale High School, Brown attended the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design in San Francisco from 1939 to 1940.

    From 1942 to 1945 Brown served in the U.S. Navy. During his Navy service Brown wrote a fan letter to the Russian painter, Pavel Tchelitchew, who had immigrated to New Yor...

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