Colleen Browning was an Anglo-American realist and magical realist painter.
15 Facts About Colleen Browning
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Colleen Browning was born 16 May 1918 in Shoeburyness, Essex, England at the mouth of the River Thames.
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Colleen Browning's parents supported and encouraged her by enrolling her in the Farnham School of Arts in 1933.
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In 1948 Colleen Browning met the English writer Geoffrey Wagner while on vacation on the island of Ischia.
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Colleen Browning made the transition from theatrical work to easel painter toward the end of the 1940s.
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Colleen Browning was a major figure in the realism movement in New York City during a time when Abstract Realism and the art of Jackson Pollock was beginning to rise to prominence.
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In particular, Colleen Browning often painted New York City and scenes of urban life.
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For instance her painting Holiday depicts a street scene that Colleen Browning captured while living on 116th Street and Second Avenue in Manhattan.
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Colleen Browning's work is largely recognized for its superior command of materials and media and for her unwavering devotion to understanding the human condition.
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Colleen Browning was a professor at Pratt Institute and the City College of New York.
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Colleen Browning's work was included in the National Academy of Design's yearly exhibitions, and she has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Kennedy Galleries in New York.
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Colleen Browning served on the Academy Council from 1969 to 1972.
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Colleen Browning's work has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Walker Art Gallery, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh.
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Colleen Browning's work has been featured in articles in Time, Newsweek, Glamour, the New York Times, Arts Magazine, Art International, and American Artist.
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Nevertheless, Colleen Browning developed and maintains a wry, multi-hued personal stamp to her painting which for almost four decades has set it apart from prevailing fashion.