Description: Joe Brown (American, 1909-1985) Gwyneth, 1932Inscribed, signed and dated Gwyneth / Joe Brown 1932 on the mountCeramic8 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches (mount); 6 by 5 by 3 1/2 inches (sculpture) Beautiful sculpture on wood base in excellent condition; a bit of surface grime, slight yellowing to high points and in some crevices. Some scattered small brown spots. Some wear to edges. A wonderful work from this important American artist. From AskArt: Joseph Brown was an athlete, educator and sculptor. One of Brown's natural talents was boxing, and he began his boxing career at Temple University where he became the Amateur Athletic Union's (AAU) heavyweight champion. He was lured away from the amateur realm by the money and fame of the professional boxing world, but his professional career was short-lived. A boxing injury resulted in Brown's introduction to the world of art in 1929. He became a model for a sculpting class and soon realized he was interested in sculpting. That year he sculpted a boxer, his brother Harry and a ballet dancer. All three works were accepted into the annual exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. After graduating from Temple University in 1931 with a Bachelor's Degree in Education, Brown apprenticed to sculptor, physician and educator Dr. R. Tait McKenzie. He often warned Brown: "Don't plan on making a living with your art, because if you try, you will be shaped by the fashions in art and cease to be an artist, because you will no longer work from the basis of personal experience." Brown heeded this advice and combined teaching and coaching with art. In 1938, Brown was hired as Princeton University's boxing coach. During his tenure as boxing coach, the Academic Dean of Princeton University, Christian Gauss, noticed a bronze statue of the champion swimmer Duke Kahanomoku on a desk. Guass was told the artist was Joe Brown - the boxing coach. Brown had kept silent about his artistic talent, fearing that the mix of art and athletics would be viewed as a weakness. Instead, this mixture was viewed as a strength, and Brown became a Resident Fellow of Sculpture. He became a full Professor of Art in 1962, and retired from Princeton in 1977. Throughout his career, Brown sculpted what he knew best—sports.
Price: 396.76 USD
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
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Artist: Joe Brown
Type: Sculpture
Format: Bust
Year of Production: 1932
Style: Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Contemporary Art, Fantasy, Figurative Art, Modernism, Portraiture, Realism
Material: Ceramic & Porcelain
Subject: Women
