Known for his symbolically rich still life and figure works, he began his career as an Abstract Expressionist but study in Florence, Italy influenced his move away from abstraction. Born April 24,... Read full biography
Known for his symbolically rich still life and figure works, he began his career as an Abstract Expressionist but study in Florence, Italy influenced his move away from abstraction. Born April 24, 1937, the son of Julius Augustus and Evanelle M. Rogers Brawley, he studied at the San Francisco Art... Read full biography
Known for his symbolically rich still life and figure works, he began his career as an Abstract Expressionist but study in Florence, Italy influenced his move away from abstraction. Born April 24, 1937, the son of Julius Augustus and Evanelle M. Rogers Brawley, he studied at the San Francisco Art Institute, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1963, and a Master of Fine Arts in 1965. An Abstract Expressionist painter as a student, he later turned to various froms of representation in his... Read full biography
Known for his symbolically rich still life and figure works, he began his career as an Abstract Expressionist but study in Florence, Italy influenced his move away from abstraction. Born April 24, 1937, the son of Julius Augustus and Evanelle M. Rogers Brawley, he studied at the San Francisco Art Institute, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1963, and a Master of Fine Arts in 1965. An Abstract Expressionist painter as a student, he later turned to various froms of representation in his art, primarily influenced by his experiences during a postgraduate stay through a Fulbright Grant in Florence, Italy. In 1988 Brawley joined the faculty of Kansas University, serving as Chairman of the Art Department for five years. He loved... Read full biography
Known for his symbolically rich still life and figure works, he began his career as an Abstract Expressionist but study in Florence, Italy influenced his move away from abstraction. Born April 24, 1937, the son of Julius Augustus and Evanelle M. Rogers Brawley, he studied at the San Francisco Art Institute, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1963, and a Master of Fine Arts in 1965. An Abstract Expressionist painter as a student, he later turned to various froms of representation in his art, primarily influenced by his experiences during a postgraduate stay through a Fulbright Grant in Florence, Italy. In 1988 Brawley joined the faculty of Kansas University, serving as Chairman of the Art Department for five years. He loved teaching, and gently directed his students toward finding an understanding of their own sensibilities in connection with the knowledge of... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (7)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Third Annual Realism Invitational (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Failing, Patricia
0 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Enliven Your Paintings with Light
1993
Metzger, Phil
136 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980/An Illustrated History