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Cecily Brown, the daughter of British novelist, Shena Mackay, and influential art critic and curator, David Sylvester, grew up in the idyllic countryside of Surrey. As the child of somewhat bohemian parents, she grew up immersed in the arts.
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Cecily Brown (British, b.1969) is a leading Contemporary painter, whose work embraces both representational and abstract elements in sensual depictions of figures and nudes. Brown was born in London, and attended the Slade School of Fine Art; she later studied printmaking and draftsmanship in addition to painting.
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Born in London. Lives and works in New York. COLLECTIONS Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York, NY Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY Tate Gallery London, UK Museum of Modern Art New York, NY The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY National Gallery of Art Washington DC The Hirshhorn Museum and …
Drawing on Abstract Expressionism, Degas, Manet and Bacon, as well as her near contemporaries, and popular culture more generally, Brown has, over the years, developed her unique voice, which investigates the sensual qualities of oil paint, by walking a fine line between figuration and abstraction.
Cecily Brown is a contemporary British painter. View Cecily Brown’s 475 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
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Cecily Brown Biography. Born in 1969, London, NY. Lives and works in New York, NY. Education: 1989–93 BA in Fine Arts, Slade School of Art, London, England. 1987–89 Drawing and Printmaking classes, Morley College, London , England. 1985–87 B-TEC Diploma in Art and Design, Epsom School of Art, Surrey, England. Solo Exhibitions:
Cecily Brown. London, England. 1969. Artist Bio. Cecily Brown’s painting often uses the history of sex as depicted in Western art history and reinvents the subject matter through an immediate, direct application of pigment.