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| birth_name = Eudoxia Pema / Dorothy Pema
| birth_name = Eudoxia Pema / Dorothy Pema
| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|2|8|df=yes}}
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| birth_place = Atlantic City, New Jersey
| birth_place = [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], U.S.
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| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2018|7|8|1928|2|8}}
| death_place = Melbourne, Florida
| death_place = [[Melbourne, Florida]], U.S.
| nationality = American, Albanian-American
| nationality = American, Albanian-American
| field = [[painting]], [[Mixed media]]
| field = [[Painting]], [[Mixed media]]
| training = [[Moore College of Art and Design]]
| training = [[Moore College of Art and Design]]
| movement = [[Contemporary art]], [[Dada]]
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'''Pema Browne''', born Dorothy Pema, (8 February 1928 - 8 July 2018) was an American abstract artist known for ''Ambush In November'', part of the permanant collection of the [[John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum]]<ref>{{cite journal |title=Getting Personal |journal=Advertising Age |date=August 24, 1964 |accessdate=August 1, 2018}}</ref> and ''Roads'' exhibited at the [[1964 New York World's Fair]] at the Greyhound Pavilion. In 1954 she was recognized with a Hallmark Fine Arts Award. As an Artists' Representative, Pema Brown had one of the first [[Woman Owned Business]]es in New York City, Pema Browne, Ltd., founded in 1966, which represented both commercial photographers and illustrators.
'''Pema Browne''' (February 8, 1928 – July 8, 2018) was an American abstract artist known for ''Ambush In November'', part of the permanent collection of the [[John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum]];<ref>{{cite journal|date=24 August 1964|title=Getting Personal|journal=Advertising Age}}</ref> and ''Roads'', exhibited at the [[1964 New York World's Fair]] at the Greyhound Pavilion. She was a modern artist based in New York City. She worked with oils and watercolor in her early career and mixed media, fabric, and metal on canvas in her later years.
In 1954 she was recognized with a Hallmark Fine Arts Award. As an artists' representative, Browne had one of the first [[woman-owned business]]es in New York City, Pema Browne, Ltd., founded in 1966, which represented both commercial photographers and illustrators.


== Early years and education ==
== Early years and education ==
The daughter of an Albanian restaurateur, Pema was born in Atlantic City, NJ in 1928. At the onset of the [[Great Depression]] the family relocated to Greensboro, North Carolina to pursue more favorable business opportunities. In her mid-teens, Pema returned to the Mid-Atlantic with her family, settling in Darby, PA. Educated at [[Moore College of Art and Design]] in Philadelphia, and [[The Barnes Foundation]] at its original Merion, PA location, Pema's critcal acclaim began with a water color that was part of the 2nd International Hallmark Art Awards Exhibition,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hallmarkartcollection.com/creatively-thinking/stories/hallmark-art-awards/|title=Hallmark Art Awards {{!}} Hallmark Art Collection|work=Hallmark Art Collection|access-date=2018-07-31|language=en-US}}</ref> submitted under the name Dorothy Pema Wiley.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dma.org/art/exhibition-archive/2nd-international-hallmark-art-awards-exhibition|title=2nd International Hallmark Art Awards Exhibition {{!}} Dallas Museum of Art|website=www.dma.org|language=en|access-date=2018-07-31}}</ref> This traveling exhibition visited the [[Wildenstein Gallery]], the [[Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh]], the [[Dallas Museum of Fine Arts]], [[Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston]], among others, from 1952-1953.
The daughter of an Albanian restaurateur, she was born '''Dorothy Pema''' in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]]. At the onset of the [[Great Depression]], the family relocated to [[Greensboro, North Carolina]] to pursue more favorable business opportunities. In her mid-teens, she returned to the Mid-Atlantic with her family, settling in [[Darby, Pennsylvania]].
Educated at [[Moore College of Art and Design]] in Philadelphia, and [[The Barnes Foundation]] at its original [[Merion, Pennsylvania]] location, her critical acclaim began with a watercolor that was part of the 2nd International Hallmark Art Awards Exhibition,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hallmarkartcollection.com/creatively-thinking/stories/hallmark-art-awards/|title=Hallmark Art Awards {{!}} Hallmark Art Collection|work=Hallmark Art Collection|access-date=2018-07-31|language=en-US}}</ref> submitted under the name Dorothy Pema Wiley.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dma.org/art/exhibition-archive/2nd-international-hallmark-art-awards-exhibition|title=2nd International Hallmark Art Awards Exhibition {{!}} Dallas Museum of Art|website=www.dma.org|language=en|access-date=2018-07-31}}</ref> This traveling exhibition visited the [[Wildenstein Gallery]], the [[Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh]], the [[Dallas Museum of Fine Arts]], [[Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston]], among others, from 1952 to 1953.


== Professional life ==
== Professional life ==


After early successes in painting, Pema Browne explored facets of modern art with mixed media including fabric and metal on canvas. Advertising Age Magazine called Pema, "a leading light in the avant-garde constructionism movement." She is named in the CLARA database of Women Artists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://clara.nmwa.org/index.php?g=entity_detail_print&entity_id=6569|title=CLARA|website=clara.nmwa.org|access-date=2018-07-31}}</ref>
After early successes in painting, Browne explored facets of modern art with mixed media including fabric and metal on canvas.
''Advertising Age Magazine'' called her "a leading light in the avant-garde constructionism movement." She is named in the CLARA database of Women Artists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://clara.nmwa.org/index.php?g=entity_detail_print&entity_id=6569|title=CLARA|website=clara.nmwa.org|access-date=2018-07-31}}</ref>


== Literary agent ==
== Literary agent ==
In the late 1970s, Dorothy Pema, with her second husband [[Perry J. Browne]], became a Literary Agent<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.writersservices.com/reference/pema-browne-ltd|title=Pema Browne Ltd|date=2014-06-04|website=WritersServices|language=en|access-date=2018-07-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://literary-agents.com/pema-browne-literary-agent/|title=Pema Browne Literary Agent - Pema Browne Literary|date=2016-02-07|access-date=2018-07-31|language=en-US}}</ref> with a specialty in representing authors of Children's literature and illustrators of Children's books. Pema was also known as a "spirit-friendly" literary agent and would occsionally represent [[New Age]] Spiritual Authors.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Herman |first1=Deborah Levine |title=Spiritual Writing: From Inspiration to Publication |date=August 28, 2001 |publisher=Beyond Words |isbn=1582700664 |page=210 |url=https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Writing-Deborah-Levine-Herman/dp/1582700664 |accessdate=August 1, 2018}}</ref>
In the late 1970s, Dorothy Pema, with her second husband [[Perry J. Browne]], became a literary agent<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.writersservices.com/reference/pema-browne-ltd|title=Pema Browne Ltd|date=2014-06-04|website=WritersServices|language=en|access-date=2018-07-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://literary-agents.com/pema-browne-literary-agent/|title=Pema Browne Literary Agent - Pema Browne Literary|date=2016-02-07|access-date=2018-07-31|language=en-US}}</ref> with a specialty in representing authors of children's literature and illustrators of children's books. Browne was also known as a "spirit-friendly" literary agent, and occasionally represented [[New Age]] spiritual authors.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Herman |first1=Deborah Levine |title=Spiritual Writing: From Inspiration to Publication |date=August 28, 2001 |publisher=Beyond Words |isbn=1582700664 |page=[https://archive.org/details/spiritualwriting0000herm/page/210 210] |url=https://archive.org/details/spiritualwriting0000herm/page/210 }}</ref>


== Notable solo exhibitions ==
== Notable solo exhibitions ==
* [[Dubin Art Gallery]], Philadelphia, oil paintings and drawings
* [[Dubin Art Gallery]], Philadelphia, oil paintings and drawings
* [[Bodley Gallery]], paintings, September–October, 1963<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/116671206|title=GALLERY AND MUSEUM SHOWS|last=|first=|date=Sep 29, 1963|work=New York Times|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref>
* [[Bodley Gallery]], paintings, September–October, 1963<ref>{{Cite news|title=GALLERY AND MUSEUM SHOWS|date=29 September 1963|work=New York Times|id = {{ProQuest|116671206}}}}</ref>
*[[East Hampton Gallery]], paintings, August–September, 1964<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/115584100|title=THIS WEEK AROUND THE GALLERIES|last=|first=|date=Aug 30, 1964|work=The New York Times|access-date=July 31, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wilson|first=HW|date=September 1964|title=Exhibition at East Hampton Gallery|url=|journal=Artnews|volume=63|pages=|via=EBSCOhost}}</ref>
*[[East Hampton Gallery]], paintings, August–September, 1964<ref>{{Cite news|title=THIS WEEK AROUND THE GALLERIES|date=30 August 1964|work=The New York Times|id = {{ProQuest|115584100}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wilson|first=HW|date=September 1964|title=Exhibition at East Hampton Gallery|journal=ARTnews|volume=63|via=EBSCOhost}}</ref>


== Reviews ==
== Reviews ==


* ''Recent Openings'': New York Times, Oct 5, 1963<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/116426142|title=Recent Openings|last=O'Doherty|first=Brian|date=5 October 1963|work=The New York Times|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref>
* ''Recent Openings'': New York Times, October 5, 1963<ref>{{Cite news|title=Recent Openings|last=O'Doherty|first=Brian|date=5 October 1963|work=The New York Times|id = {{ProQuest|116426142}}}}</ref>


== Works viewable online ==
== Works viewable online ==


* Christmas Carols<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hallmarkartcollection.com/wp/awardcatalogs/02second-year/#page/68|title=The Second International Hallmark Art Award: 1952|website=www.hallmarkartcollection.com|language=en|access-date=2018-07-31}}</ref>
* ''Christmas Carols''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hallmarkartcollection.com/wp/awardcatalogs/02second-year/#page/68|title=The Second International Hallmark Art Award: 1952|website=www.hallmarkartcollection.com|language=en|access-date=2018-07-31}}</ref>


== Feature articles ==
== Feature articles ==
*''Mosaic Tiles Inspired by Memory of Mexico''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/116284143|title=Mosaic Tiles Inspired by Memory of Mexico|last=Plumb|first=Barbara|date=Oct 1, 1963|work=New York Times|access-date=July 31, 2018}}</ref>
*''Mosaic Tiles Inspired by Memory of Mexico''<ref>{{Cite news|title=Mosaic Tiles Inspired by Memory of Mexico|last=Plumb|first=Barbara|date=Oct 1, 1963|work=New York Times|id = {{ProQuest|116284143}}}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 08:02, 20 November 2024

Pema Browne
Pema Browne with artwork, 1980
Born
Eudoxia Pema / Dorothy Pema

(1928-02-08)February 8, 1928
Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedJuly 8, 2018(2018-07-08) (aged 90)
Melbourne, Florida, U.S.
NationalityAmerican, Albanian-American
EducationMoore College of Art and Design
Known forPainting, Mixed media
MovementContemporary art, Dada

Pema Browne (February 8, 1928 – July 8, 2018) was an American abstract artist known for Ambush In November, part of the permanent collection of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum;[1] and Roads, exhibited at the 1964 New York World's Fair at the Greyhound Pavilion. She was a modern artist based in New York City. She worked with oils and watercolor in her early career and mixed media, fabric, and metal on canvas in her later years.

In 1954 she was recognized with a Hallmark Fine Arts Award. As an artists' representative, Browne had one of the first woman-owned businesses in New York City, Pema Browne, Ltd., founded in 1966, which represented both commercial photographers and illustrators.

Early years and education

[edit]

The daughter of an Albanian restaurateur, she was born Dorothy Pema in Atlantic City, New Jersey. At the onset of the Great Depression, the family relocated to Greensboro, North Carolina to pursue more favorable business opportunities. In her mid-teens, she returned to the Mid-Atlantic with her family, settling in Darby, Pennsylvania.

Educated at Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia, and The Barnes Foundation at its original Merion, Pennsylvania location, her critical acclaim began with a watercolor that was part of the 2nd International Hallmark Art Awards Exhibition,[2] submitted under the name Dorothy Pema Wiley.[3] This traveling exhibition visited the Wildenstein Gallery, the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, among others, from 1952 to 1953.

Professional life

[edit]

After early successes in painting, Browne explored facets of modern art with mixed media including fabric and metal on canvas.

Advertising Age Magazine called her "a leading light in the avant-garde constructionism movement." She is named in the CLARA database of Women Artists.[4]

Literary agent

[edit]

In the late 1970s, Dorothy Pema, with her second husband Perry J. Browne, became a literary agent[5][6] with a specialty in representing authors of children's literature and illustrators of children's books. Browne was also known as a "spirit-friendly" literary agent, and occasionally represented New Age spiritual authors.[7]

Notable solo exhibitions

[edit]

Reviews

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  • Recent Openings: New York Times, October 5, 1963[11]

Works viewable online

[edit]
  • Christmas Carols[12]

Feature articles

[edit]
  • Mosaic Tiles Inspired by Memory of Mexico[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Getting Personal". Advertising Age. 24 August 1964.
  2. ^ "Hallmark Art Awards | Hallmark Art Collection". Hallmark Art Collection. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  3. ^ "2nd International Hallmark Art Awards Exhibition | Dallas Museum of Art". www.dma.org. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  4. ^ "CLARA". clara.nmwa.org. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  5. ^ "Pema Browne Ltd". WritersServices. 2014-06-04. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  6. ^ "Pema Browne Literary Agent - Pema Browne Literary". 2016-02-07. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  7. ^ Herman, Deborah Levine (August 28, 2001). Spiritual Writing: From Inspiration to Publication. Beyond Words. p. 210. ISBN 1582700664.
  8. ^ "GALLERY AND MUSEUM SHOWS". New York Times. 29 September 1963. ProQuest 116671206.
  9. ^ "THIS WEEK AROUND THE GALLERIES". The New York Times. 30 August 1964. ProQuest 115584100.
  10. ^ Wilson, HW (September 1964). "Exhibition at East Hampton Gallery". ARTnews. 63 – via EBSCOhost.
  11. ^ O'Doherty, Brian (5 October 1963). "Recent Openings". The New York Times. ProQuest 116426142.
  12. ^ "The Second International Hallmark Art Award: 1952". www.hallmarkartcollection.com. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  13. ^ Plumb, Barbara (Oct 1, 1963). "Mosaic Tiles Inspired by Memory of Mexico". New York Times. ProQuest 116284143.
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