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Byron Browne (American, 1907-1961)
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Byron Browne
Dancing Figures 1944
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Biography |
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1907 |
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Born: Yonkers, NY |
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1924 - 1928 |
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Studied at the National Academy of Design |
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Exhibitions |
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1936 |
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New School for Social Research, New York, NY (first solo show) |
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SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS |
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The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ |
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The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA |
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Phoenix Art Musuem, Phoenix, AZ |
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Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA |
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Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM |
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Walker Art Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN |
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Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensborough, NC |
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA |
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Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg, PA |
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Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Isreal |
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Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK |
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX |
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The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro |
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC |
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National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Neuberger Museum, Purchase College, Purchase, NY |
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Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA |
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Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
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The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA |
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC |
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Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY |
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Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL |
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY |
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Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, WI |
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Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL |
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Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Museum of Art, Utica, NY |
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Columbia Museum of Arts and Sciences, Columbia, SC |
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Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX |
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Everson Museum of Art of Syracuse and Onondaga County, New York |
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New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ |
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The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, NY |
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Art Students League, New York, NY |
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The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY |
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The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH |
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The Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH |
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The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA |
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Literature |
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“Byron Browne in the Context of Abstract Expressionism,” by Gail Levin; Arts Magazine, Vol. 59 No. 10, June (Summer), 1985, pp. 129-133 |
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“Byron Browne at Schlesinger-Boisanté,” (review) by Stephen Westfall; Art in America, December, 1986 |
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“Art: ‘Interpretive Link.’ View of Pivotal Movement,” (review) by Robert Smith; The New York Times, November 14, 1986, Section C, p.28 |
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“The 25 Most Undervalued American Artists,” by Marissa Banks et al.; Art and Antiques, October, 1986 |
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“Art: A Look at the 20th Century Portrait Drawings,” (review) by John Russell; The New York Times, August 1, 1986, Section C, p. 26 |
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“Art: Byron Browne,” (review) Kay Larson; New York Magazine, May 19, 1986 |
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Artist Against War and Facism; Papers of the First American Artists’ Congress, by Matthew Baigell and Julia Williams; Rutgers University Press, 1986 |
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The American Art Analog, in three volumes; a compendium reference to American artists by 16 authors; Chelsea House Publishers, Valley Forge, PA., 1986. Includes reproduction and biography. |
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The American Abstract Artists: Thirties’ Geometric Abstract as precursor to Forties’ Expressive Abstraction, by Richard W. Lizza; doctoral dissertation, The Florida State University; University Microfilms International, Ann Arbor, MI, 1985. |
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“Byron Browne,” (review), by Max Wykes-Joyce; Arts Review, September 27, 1985, pp 475-476. London |
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“Byron Browne: Works on Paper, 1928-1959,” (review); Arts and Artists, October 1985, pp. 34-35. London |
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