Born in New York City, William Brice became a West Coast abstract painter. Speaking as a Californian, he made the distinction between the East and West Coast Abstract Expressionism: . "New York... Read full biography
Born in New York City, William Brice became a West Coast abstract painter. Speaking as a Californian, he made the distinction between the East and West Coast Abstract Expressionism: . "New York painting reflected the energy, the congestion, the twension of the city. The paintings of the same period... Read full biography
Born in New York City, William Brice became a West Coast abstract painter. Speaking as a Californian, he made the distinction between the East and West Coast Abstract Expressionism: . "New York painting reflected the energy, the congestion, the twension of the city. The paintings of the same period painted here---and I'm thinking in particular of earlier Diebenkorn paintings---were more expansive. " (Herkovic 50). The son of comedian Fanny Brice and Jules "Nicky" Arnstein, he was born April 23,... Read full biography
Born in New York City, William Brice became a West Coast abstract painter. Speaking as a Californian, he made the distinction between the East and West Coast Abstract Expressionism: . "New York painting reflected the energy, the congestion, the twension of the city. The paintings of the same period painted here---and I'm thinking in particular of earlier Diebenkorn paintings---were more expansive. " (Herkovic 50). The son of comedian Fanny Brice and Jules "Nicky" Arnstein, he was born April 23, 1921. Brice and his sister, Frances were raised primarily by their mother in a household where playwright Clifford Odets, composers George and Ira Gershwin and other friends from the Broadway theater were guests. When he was 16, the family moved to... Read full biography
Born in New York City, William Brice became a West Coast abstract painter. Speaking as a Californian, he made the distinction between the East and West Coast Abstract Expressionism: . "New York painting reflected the energy, the congestion, the twension of the city. The paintings of the same period painted here---and I'm thinking in particular of earlier Diebenkorn paintings---were more expansive. " (Herkovic 50). The son of comedian Fanny Brice and Jules "Nicky" Arnstein, he was born April 23, 1921. Brice and his sister, Frances were raised primarily by their mother in a household where playwright Clifford Odets, composers George and Ira Gershwin and other friends from the Broadway theater were guests. When he was 16, the family moved to Beverly Hills so his mother could pursue a career in radio. William Brice studied at the Chouinard Art Institut... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (33)
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American Abstract and Figurative Expressionism Style is Timely Art is Timeless
2009
Herskovic, Marika
252 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Rico Lebrun, Consulting the Tangible World (Ex. Catalogue for Griffith Gallery, Austin State University, TX) (Exhibition catalog)
2004
Lewis, David A; Michael T. Ricker
80 pages (color)
American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s: An Illustrated Survey
2003
Herskovic, Marika (editor)
372 pages (color)
California Watercolors 1850-1970, An Illustrated History & Biographical Dictionary
2002
McClelland, Gordon T; Jay T. Last
231 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Art Students League of New York: A History (Students)
1999
Steiner, Raymond J
187 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Ink, Paper, Metal, Wood Painters and Sculptors at Crown Point Press
1996
Brown, Kathan
287 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Turning the Tide Early Los Angeles Modernists 1920-56 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Karlstrom, Paul/Susan Ehrlich
168 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
California Painters/New Work
1989
Hopkins, Henry
143 pages (color)
Inside the L A Artist
1988
Marrow, Marva
104 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
William Brice A Selection of Paintings and Drawings 1947-1986 (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Armstrong, Richard
140 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Twentieth Century American Drawin The Figure in Context (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Cummings, Paul
144 pages
Decade Los Angeles Painting in the Seventies (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Art Center College of Design
108 pages (color)
Southern California Artists 1940-1980 (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Ball, Maudette
66 pages (color)
Fifty West Coast Artists: A Critical Selection of Painters and Sculptors Working in California
1981
Hopkins, Henry; Mimi Jacobs (illustration)
128 pages (color)
Catalogue of American Painting
1981
San Diego Museum of Art
240 pages (color)
Los Angeles Prints 1883-1980 (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Feinblatt, Ebria/Bruce Davis
111 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Painting & Sculpture in California The Modern Era
1976
San Francisco Mus Modern Art
272 pages (color)
Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974
Baur, John I H
235 pages (color)
American Drawings & Watercolors From the Munson Williams Proctor Institote (Exhibition catalog)
1974
E B Crocker Art Gallery
28 pages (color)
Catalogue of The Roland P Murdock Collection Wichita Art Museum
1972
Tomko, George
237 pages (color)
A Decade of American Drawings 8th Exhibition Sponsored by Friends (Exhibition catalog)