Daniel Brush (January 22, 1947 – November 26, 2022) was an American painter, sculptor and jeweler.[1][2]

Biography

Daniel Brush was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He enrolled at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh in 1965, from which he graduated with a bachelor of fine arts degree in 1969. He later graduated with a master of fine arts degree from the University of Southern California.[1]

In the 1970s, he was an abstract painter and a tenured professor at Georgetown University. He had solo exhibitions at The Phillips Collection (1974), the Corcoran Gallery of Art (1976 and 1977) and the Fendrick Gallery on M Street NW.[3][4]

He moved to New York City in 1977, where he acquired a loft in the Flatiron District, a former garment factory, which served as his studio and his home until his death. In this new location, he focused his work on metals and jewels.[1][5]

In 1998, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum organized the first exhibition of Brush's metalwork. It featured about 60 of his works.[6][7]

He died in New York on November 26, 2022. He was survived by his wife Lynn Alpert (Olivia), whom he had married in 1967, and his son Silla.[1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Rosenwald, Michael S. (12 December 2022). "Daniel Brush, reclusive artist who crossed boundaries, dies at 75". The Washington Post.
  2. ↑ "Daniel Brush's drive to understand beauty led him to the life of a hermit". The Economist. 20 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Richard, Paul (4 October 1998). "The World is His Cloister". The Washington Post.
  4. ↑ Lewis, Jo Ann (27 October 1979). "Canvas Cantos". The Washington Post.
  5. 1 2 Garrahan, Rachel (30 August 2020). "Daniel Brush's Variations on a Theme". The New York Times.
  6. ↑ "Daniel Brush: Gold without Boundaries". Smithsonian Institution. September 11, 1998 – January 10, 1999.
  7. ↑ Burchard, Hank (2 October 1998). "A Golden Brush With Greatness". The Washington Post.

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