Irena Brynner was born on December 1,1917, in Vladivostok in Primorsky Krai, Russia.
12 Facts About Irena Brynner
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Irena Brynner studied art at the Lausanne Cantonale Art School in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Irena Brynner had lived in Dairen and Peking, China.
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Irena Brynner's father had worked as a Swiss consul in China, and after his death in 1942, the Japanese government denounced him as a spy working for other governments.
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Irena Brynner attended the California Labor School, and studied ceramics and drawing.
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Irena Brynner apprenticed to study jewelry under Caroline Gleick Rosene and Franz Walter Bergmann.
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Irena Brynner co-founded the Metal Arts Guild in San Francisco in 1951, alongside Rosene, Winston, Vera Allison, Florence Resnikoff, Margaret de Patta, Merry Renk, and Byron Wilson, among others.
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In 1952, Irena Brynner learned about silversmithing, forging and lost-wax casting at the College of Marin.
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In 1957, Irena Brynner traveled to New York City for an exhibition and she decided to move shortly after.
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Irena Brynner's career was at its peak between 1958 and 1964 and she held many international exhibitions.
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Irena Brynner participated in the HemisFair '68 in the Woman's Pavilion, alongside Bolivian artist Marina Nunez del Prado and Argentinian fashion photographer Maria Martel.
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Irena Brynner died on January 26,2003, in New York City, aged 85.