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1937 Brainerd, Minnesota - 2006 Overland Park, Kansas. Known for: Symbolic still life and figure painting, teaching.
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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Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Photo Realism, Hyperrealism, Super Realism
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Mythology, Legends
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
- •Self-Portrait
- •Still Life
- •Symbolism, Iconography, Ceremonial
Art School
- •Academia Belle Arti, Florence, Italy, Student
- •San Francisco Art Institute, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Fulbright Grant, Fellowship
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Female Figure and/or Portrait Specialty
- •Figure Specialty
- •Still Life Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago