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'''Robert Brackman''' (September 25, 1898 – July 1980) was an [[artist]] and [[teacher]] of [[Russian people|Russian]] origin, best known for large figural works, [[portrait]]s, and [[still life]]s. |
'''Robert Brackman''' (September 25, 1898 – July 16, 1980) was an [[artist]] and [[teacher]] of [[Russian people|Russian]] origin, best known for large figural works, [[portrait]]s, and [[still life]]s. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Revision as of 05:20, 20 March 2012
Robert Brackman | |
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 Sculpture of Robert Brackman, published in the book Labor Sculpture by Max Kalish, ©1938 Comet Press. | |
| Born | September 25, 1898 |
| Died | July 16, 1980 |
| Nationality | Ukrainian/American |
| Education | National Academy of Design. Ferrer School, San Francisco |
| Known for | Painting |
Robert Brackman (September 25, 1898 – July 16, 1980) was an artist and teacher of Russian origin, best known for large figural works, portraits, and still lifes.
Biography
Born in Odes'ka Oblast, Ukraine, he emigrated from the Russian Empire in 1908.
Brackman studied at the National Academy of Design from 1919 to 1921, and the Ferrer School in San Francisco. From 1931, he had a long career teaching at the Art Students League of New York where he was a life member.[1] He also taught at the American Art School in New York City, the Brooklyn Museum School, the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, and the Madison Art School in Connecticut.[2]
He painted portraits of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Abby Aldrich Rockefeller,[3] Charles Lindbergh, John Foster Dulles, Miirrha Alhambra[4] (Pauline Joutard de Evia) as well as portraits commissioned by the United States Air Force Academy and the State Department.[2]
He painted actress Jennifer Jones to serve as a prop in the 1948 film Portrait of Jennie, where it represents a portrait painted by the character of Eben Adams (Joseph Cotten).[5]
The American artist Elaine Hamilton was a student of Brackman.[6]
His two daughters, now have families of their own residing in Connecticut: Roberta has three sons and four grandchildren, and the other daughter,Celia, two children and one grandchild.
See also
References
- ^ Instructors past and present, retrieved January 24, 2009
- ^ a b [1], retrieved January 24, 2009
- ^ Brackman portrait on the Colonial Williamsburg webpage [2] retrieved January 24, 2009
- ^ Photograph of portrait of Miirrha Alhambra by Brackman on two webpages [3] [4] retrieved January 23, 2009
- ^ Cotten, Joseph (1988). Vanity Will Get You Somewhere. HarperCollins. ISBN 0380705346.
- ^ Maryland Art Source Elaine Hamilton O'Neal Retrieved January 24, 2009