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'''Gary Hugh Brown''' (born 1941)<ref name=fortune/> is an American artist, painter, draftsman, and professor [[emeritus]] of art at the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]]. Brown has a drawing in the collection of the [[Santa Barbara Museum of Art]]. He has exhibited his work in [[Japan]], [[Ireland]], [[Brazil]], and the [[United States]].<ref name="Hancock"/>
'''Gary Hugh Brown''' (born 1941)<ref name=fortune>{{cite web|url=http://art-collections.museum.ucsb.edu/items/show/7629|title=Brown, Gary H., Fortune|work=UCSB ADA Museum Omeka|place=Goleta, California |access-date=December 7, 2022}}</ref> is an American artist, painter, draftsman, and professor [[emeritus]] of art at the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]]. Brown has a drawing in the collection of the [[Santa Barbara Museum of Art]]. He has exhibited his work in [[Japan]], [[Ireland]], [[Brazil]], and the [[United States]].<ref name="Hancock"/>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==

Revision as of 14:43, 31 August 2024

Gary Hugh Brown
Gary Brown
Born1941
EducationDePauw University (BA)
University of Wisconsin–Madison (MFA)
Known forPainting, drawing, printmaking, journaling
AwardsThe Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Travel Grant

Gary Hugh Brown (born 1941)[1] is an American artist, painter, draftsman, and professor emeritus of art at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Brown has a drawing in the collection of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. He has exhibited his work in Japan, Ireland, Brazil, and the United States.[2]

Early life and education

Brown was born to Earl Hugh and Dorothy Aileen Brown in 1941, in Evansville, Indiana.[3] While a student, Brown designed and painted sets for the Mesker Amphitheatre in Evansville.[4]

In 1966, Brown received a Master of Fine Arts from University of Wisconsin–Madison in Madison, Wisconsin.[5]

Career

Brown worked as an artist in Wisconsin, exhibiting his art at several galleries in the area. In that same year he accepted a position as assistant professor at UCSB.[6] In September 1966, Brown had a one-person exhibition at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science in Evansville, Indiana, where he was reviewed by The Courier-Journal.[6] In February 1971, Brown's watercolors were displayed at the Plaza Gallery of Fine Arts in Oxnard, California. His work was influenced by his travels.[7] Another exhibition in 1972, selected by Richard Ames, a critic for the Santa Barbara News-Press, was at the Gallery de Silva in Montecito Village. It included Landscape Reflection, a self-portrait of Brown done in 1971.[8][9] Brown did the drawings of the Santa Cruz Mountain Poems, by poet and author Morton Marcus in November 1972.[10][11]

Included in Anthology were Brown's drawings of the Devereaux Series sketchbooks and prints at the Art/Life Gallery.[12]

In November 1991, Brown had a solo exhibition at the Allan Hancock College Art Gallery in Santa Maria, California.[2]

His work was displayed at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science in 1966[6] and in one man shows Folded Drawings, at the Fleischer-Anhalt gallery, Los Angeles in 1967.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Brown, Gary H., Fortune". UCSB ADA Museum Omeka. Goleta, California. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Brown display at Hancock". Times-Press-Recorder. Arroyo Grande, California. November 13, 1991. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  3. ^ McCray, Marilyn (1979). Electroworks. Michigan: International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  4. ^ "University of Colorado Student Holding One-Man Art Exhibit". Evansville Courier and Press. Evansville, Indiana. February 7, 1962. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  5. ^ Carey, Ann (August 30, 1966). "Gary Brown masters". Evansville Press. p. 11.
  6. ^ a b c "Young Artist's Giant Drawings A Strike for 'Independence'?". Louisville, Kentucky: The Courier-Journal. September 11, 1966. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  7. ^ "Artweek 1971-01-16: Vol 2 Iss 3". Spaulding Publishing Inc. January 16, 1971. p. 8. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  8. ^ "Exhibits". The Tribune. San Luis Obispo, California. October 20, 1979. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  9. ^ "Artweek 1972-02-26: Vol 3 Iss 9". Spaulding Publishing Inc. February 26, 1972. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  10. ^ "A city boy in the land or redwoods". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Santa Cruz, California. May 1, 1992. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  11. ^ "Mountain Man Writes Poetry". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Santa Cruz, California. November 12, 1972. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  12. ^ "Calendar Art". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 7, 1982. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  13. ^ "Art And Artist 'Delicate Chords'". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. Hollywood, California. January 19, 1968. Retrieved November 12, 2022.