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Joseph Brown

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Joseph Brown (1909 - 1985) was active/lived in New Jersey, Pennsylvania.  Joseph Brown is known for Classical real sculpture-sport figure, teaching.

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 y   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 8886 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Joseph Brown available:    Isidore Konti,  Robert Tait McKenzie,  Edward Berge,  Brenda Putnam,  Alexander Farnham,  Abastenia St Leger Eberle,  Augustus Saint-Gaudens,  John Bernard Flannagan,  Doris Caesar,  Sally Farnham,  Frederick Wagner,  Lee Gatch Jr,  Leon Kelly,  Daniel Chester French,  Janet (Netta Deweee Frazee) Scudder,  Humbert Howard,  Hermon Atkins MacNeil,  Max Kalish,  Edith Barretto (Stevens) Parsons,  Antonio Martino,  Malvina Cornell Hoffman,  Christopher High Shearer,  Louis Comfort Tiffany,  Francis Speight



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7 Book References for Joseph Brown
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2003 Sherman, Charlotte (Essay) With an Eye and a Passion: Selections from The Marion Collection 38 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1990 Plimpton, George; J. Carter Brown Sport in Art From American Museums
(Exhibition catalog)		 128 Yes
1968 Scott, Martha B. The Artist and the Sportsman (The National Art Museum of Sport)
(Exhibition catalog)		 95 Yes
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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