Paul Brach
Paul Brach | |
|---|---|
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| Born | March 13, 1924 |
| Died | November 16, 2007(aged 83) |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Abstract Expressionism,Minimalism |
| Spouse |
Miriam Schapiro (m.1946) |
Paul Brach(March 13, 1924 - November 16, 2007) was an Americanabstractpainter,as well as alecturerandeducator.
As an abstract painter Paul Brach exhibited his work in New York with theLeo CastelliGallery,[1]the Cordier & Eckstrom Gallery,[2]and with theAndré EmmerichGallery.[3]
Biography
[edit]Paul Brach was born in New York City[4]and was raised inBrooklynand theBronx.He went to theUniversity of Iowawhere he studied painting withGrant Wood.He served in theUS Armyduring World War II. After the war, he finished school inIowaon theGI Bill.At the University of Iowa he met the artistMiriam Schapiroand in 1946 they married.[5]By 1951 they moved back to New York City and befriended many of the artists in the downtownAbstract expressionistNew York School,includingJoan Mitchell,Larry Rivers,Knox MartinandMichael Goldberg.
He was associated with the New York print studioAtelier 17.[6]
During the early 1960s Brach had part-time teaching jobs atThe New School,Cooper Union,TheParsons School of DesignandCornell University's New York City Program.
In 1967 Brach and his wifeMiriam Schapiromoved to Southern California. He became the Dean of theCalArtsprogram inLos Angelesin 1969.[4]
"In 1967 I was offered the chair of a new art department at theUniversity of California at San Diego.After two years at UCSD, I became the founding dean of the School of Art at theCalifornia Institute of the Arts.I decided to come to [CalArts] because Los Angeles was more fun, and I could find my peers here. I mean there are artists likeBob Irwin,andEd Kienholz,andLarry Bell,and people who I think are doing good work. And CalArts seems goofy enough. What really knocked me out was that the makers of Mary Poppins are inadvertently funding something that's going to makeEasy Rider."CalArts quickly became one of the best art schools in the country.
In 1975 they returned to the New York art world. Brach became the chair of the Division of the Arts ofFordham UniversityatLincoln Center.Eventually he gave up teaching and administration and devoted himself to his painting. His work was represented by various galleries until 1998. In 1997, Brach was elected into theNational Academy of Design.[7]
In 1998, they moved permanently toEast Hampton."Although I was without a dealer until 2005, I was working well in my East Hampton studio. Elly and Len Flomenhaft, who were opening a gallery, knew and loved my work. Therefore, I am now a part of the Flomenhaft Gallery."[8]He died inEast HamptonNovember 16, 2007 of prostate cancer.[4]
References
[edit]- ^David W. Galenson,Painting Outside the Lines: Patterns of Creativity in Modern Art,Harvard University Press, 2001, p39.ISBN0-674-00612-7
- ^Cordier & Eckstrom Gallery
- ^Johnson, Ken (4 December 2007)."Paul Brach, 83, Painter and Teacher, Is Dead".The New York Times.Retrieved8 June2020.
- ^abcNelson, Valerie J. (December 2007), "Painter and Founding Dean of Cal Arts' School of Arts",Los Angeles Times,pp. B6
- ^Avital H. Bloch, Lauri Umansky,Impossible to Hold: Women and Culture in the 1960s,NYU Press, 2005, p319.ISBN0-8147-9910-8
- ^Moser, Joann (1977).Atelier 17: A 50th anniversary retrospective exhibition.Elvehjem Art Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison. pp. 83–84.Retrieved8 June2020.
- ^"National Academicians | National Academy | National Academy Museum".Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-14.Retrieved2014-01-25.
- ^"Paul Brach".Flomenhaft Gallery.13 October 2007. Archived fromthe originalon 2007-10-13.Retrieved8 June2020.
Books
[edit]- Marika Herskovic,New York School Abstract Expressionists Artists Choice by Artists,(New York School Press, 2000.)ISBN0-9677994-0-6
External links
[edit]- 2005 NY Times review,retrieved November 27, 2007
- East of Borneo, From Mary Poppins to Easy Rider: Paul Brach on CalArts,retrieved online December 15, 2011
- 20th-century American painters
- American male painters
- 21st-century American painters
- Jewish painters
- Jewish American artists
- 1924 births
- 2007 deaths
- People from East Hampton (town), New York
- Painters from New York City
- 20th-century American printmakers
- Atelier 17 alumni
- United States Army personnel of World War II
- 20th-century American Jews
- 21st-century American Jews
- 20th-century American male artists