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Samuel Joseph Brown Jr.

Samuel Joseph Brown Jr. (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la yuuni 1907 ka daa kpi yuuni 1994) daa nyɛla pɛnta pɛnta ŋun pɛntiri kom binyɛra n-ti pahi shikuru baŋda. ŋun daa nyɛ tuuli African American nucheeni baŋda so bɛ ni daa kpuɣi ni o tumdi n-tiri Public Works of Art Project, Work Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. Brown nyɛla ŋun pɛntibu tooi nyɛ din jandiri African Americans

Samuel Joseph Brown Jr.
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O pɛntibu tumanima nyɛla din be "permanent collections" zaŋ n-ti Philadelphia Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art n-ti pahi Museum of Modern Art.

Piligu biɛhigu mini shikuru baŋsim

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Brown nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so Wilmington, North Carolina ka o mini o daŋ daa labi Philadelphia yuuni 1917.[1][2][3] O ba daa nyɛla "mattress-maker".[3]

O chaŋ la James Logan Elementary School[4][5] o duri anahi ni, o daa di la o tuuli pini.[3]O daa chaŋ la South Philadelphia High School ka nyɛ ŋun daa tum S. Cohen and Sons.[3]

Brown nyɛla ŋun daa naai o "high" shikuru yuuni 1926 ka daa kpɛ Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art[1][2][3] (bɛ ni pa mi shɛli saha ŋɔ University of the Arts) ka daa niŋ yuma anahi.[6] O daa naai la yuuni 1930 ka o bɔhimbu yaa da jandi nucheeni baŋsim yaɣili. Brown daa deei Master of Fine Arts equivalent degree shikuru yuli booni University of Pennsylvania.[3][7][8][9]

Art career

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Abstract by Samuel Joseph Brown, Jr. 1937. Published by Works Progress Administration (WPA), Federal Art Project, Philadelphia, 1935 - 1943

Early work

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Brown zo ŋun gba nyɛ nucheeni baŋda, Dox Thrash, din daa niŋ ka Thrash kpɛ Philadelphia yuuni 1920s bahigu.[10] Bɛ niriba ayi maa nyɛla ban daa laɣim tumda bin din gbaai yuuni 1920s zaŋ hali ni yuuni 1950s.[3][10]

Yuuni 1933, o daa niŋ la anfooni zaŋ n-ti NAACP's The Crisis magazine. Lala anfooni maa yuli n-daa booni The Problem.[11]

 
Writing Lesson by Samuel Joseph Brown, Jr. 1938. Published by Works Progress Administration (WPA), Federal Art Project, Philadelphia, 1935 - 1943
 
Samuel Joseph Brown Jr.'s Mrs. Simmons, painted in 1936.

Exhibitions

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Group

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  • Philadelphia Museum of Art: 1934, 1973[3][12]
  • Public Works of Art Project artist exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art: 1934[3]
  • An Art Commentary on Lynching, Arthur U. Newton Galleries: 1935.[13]
  • Harmon Foundation[1][3]
  • Howard University: 1935 and 1940[3]
  • University of Pennsylvania: 1936, 1975[3]
  • Federal Art Project exhibition, New Horizons in American Art exhibit, Museum of Modern Art and the FAP: 1936[14]
  • Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art: 1930, 1934 and 1937[3]
  • Museum of Modern Art: 1937[3]
  • MOMA's Three Centuries of American Art, Paris: 1938.
  • Texas Centennial Exposition: 1938.[15]
  • Contemporary Negro Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art: 1939[16][10]
  • National Forum of Professional Artists, Philadelphia’s Municipal Services Building: 1969[3]
  • Philadelphia College of Art: 1973
  • African American Museum of Philadelphia: 1980[17]
  • Brandywine Workshop: 1989[18]
  • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2014[19]
  • Against the Odds: African American Artists and the Harmon Foundation at the Newark Art Museum: 1990.[20]
  • Woodmere Art Museum: 2015
  • Afro-American Images 1971: The Vision of Percy Ricks, Delaware Art Museum[21]

Solo

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Collections

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O tumanima nyɛla din be "collections" zaŋ n-ti White House, the National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art,[24] University of Pennsylvania, Woodmere Art Museum, Howard University, Baltimore Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia School District, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum n-ti pahi Williams College Museum of Art.[1][2][8][25][26][27][28]

Teaching career

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Brown daa nyɛla nucheeni baŋsim yaɣili karimba zaŋ n-ti Camden, New Jersey shikuru yuuni1930s.[29] Yuuni 1938, o nyɛla ŋun daa be gbansabila karimbanima pia shɛba bɛ ni daa zaŋ tahi Philadelphia School District ka daa lahi leei nucheeni baŋsim yaɣili karimba n-ti Bok Vocational High School.[30] O nyɛla ŋun daa tum Vaux Junior High School pɔi ka daa chaŋ Dobbins Vocational-Technical High School n-ti wuhi yuun pishi ni anu.[2][31][32][33][23] Brown nyɛla ŋun daa che karimba tali tuma ŋɔ yuuni 1971, o yuun pihita ni ata karimba tali tuma ŋɔ ni nyaaŋa.[31][32]

Kundivihira

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Smith Jr, JC (1982). "Samuel Joseph Jr: The Artist". Howard University, Selected Speeches.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Nicholson, Jim (October 26, 1994). "Samuel J. Brown Jr.; an artist and teacher". Philadelphia Daily News.
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 Samuel Brown: A Retrospective. The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies. 1983.
  4. ↑ "Water Color Portraits Have 'Placed' Samuel J. Brown". Philadelphia Tribune. 1936-06-04. Tɛmplet:ProQuest.
  5. ↑ "Louis Brice, of West Philadelphia (obituary)". Philadelphia Tribune. 1987-08-14. Tɛmplet:ProQuest.
  6. ↑ "Art Project Opens Extension Project". New York Age. via newspapers.com. 15 January 1938. https://www.newspapers.com/image/40841721.
  7. ↑ Biography: Samuel Joseph Brown (en-gb).
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Samuel Joseph Brown, Jr..
  9. ↑ Adams, Susan. In Pictures: Black Masters (en).
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Ittmann, John (2002). Dox Thrash: An African American Master Printmaker Rediscovered. Philadelphia Museum of Art.
  11. ↑ The Crisis magazine (June 1933).
  12. ↑ Represent: 200 Years of African American Art in Philadelphia in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia Museum of Art. 2015.
  13. ↑ An Art Exhibit Against Lynching (April 1935).
  14. ↑ "Four Negroes have exhibits at Museum of Modern Art". New York Age. 24 October 1936. https://www.newspapers.com/image/40815100/?terms=new%20horizons%20in%20american%20art.
  15. ↑ Exhibition of Fine Arts Productions by American Negroes, Texas Centennial Exposition (1936).
  16. ↑ Bearden, Romare; Henderson, Harry (1993). A History of African American Artists: From 1792 to the Present. New York: Pantheon Books.
  17. ↑ Donohoe, Victoria (1973). "Art (column)". Philadelphia Inquirer. via newspapers.com.. https://www.newspapers.com/image/171767539/?terms=victoria%20donohoe.
  18. ↑ Derbeck, Jeanne (1989). "African American Prints Shown at the Krasl". South Bend (IN) Tribune. via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/image/516443879/?terms=%22samuel%20j.%20brown%22%20artist.
  19. ↑ Spiritual Strivings: A Celebration of African American Works on Paper (2014).
  20. ↑ Reynolds, Gary A.; Wright, Beryl J. (1989). Against the Odds: African American Artists and the Harmon Foundation. The Newark Museum.
  21. ↑ Afro-American Images 1971: The Vision of Percy Ricks. Delaware Art Museum: Delaware Art Museum in partnership with Aesthetic Dynamics. 2021.
  22. ↑ Paintings and Prints by Samuel J. Brown. Philadelphia Art Alliance. 1945.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Philly Artist Presented in One-Man Show". Philadelphia Tribune. 1946-02-09. Tɛmplet:ProQuest.
  24. ↑ Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections : Search Collections.
  25. ↑ American Dreams: American Art to 1950 in the Williams College Museum of Art. Hudson Hills. 2001.
  26. ↑ Urlene, Age Nine (en-gb).
  27. ↑ Wash Girl.
  28. ↑ Samuel Joseph Brown.
  29. ↑ "Local Artist Gets Federal Arts Work Job". Philadelphia Tribune. 1934-01-04. Tɛmplet:ProQuest.
  30. ↑ "Survey Reveals Advances In Educational System". Philadelphia Tribune. 1938-03-17. Tɛmplet:ProQuest.
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 Jordan, Gerald (April 24, 1985). "PCA Scholarship commemorates a lifetime in art". Philadelphia Inquirer. via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/image/173886866/?terms=SAMUEL%20J.%20BROWN%20AND%20GERALD%20.
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 Richberg, Barbara (27 October 1994). "Samuel Brown, 87, watercolorist whose work was widely acclaimed". Philadelphia Inquirer. via newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/image/170140421/?terms=samuel%20brown.
  33. ↑ Prigmore, Barbara (1946-04-13). "World's First Lady visits Local Artist". Philadelphia Tribune. Tɛmplet:ProQuest.
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