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Samuel Joseph Brown Jr. Samuel Joseph Brown Jr. (1907–1994) was a watercolorist, printmaker, and educator. He was the first African American artist hired to produce work for the Public Works of Art Project, a precursor to the Work Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. Brown often depicted the lives of African Americans in his paintings.
- 1907, Wilmington, North Carolina
- Eden Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
- 1994, Philadelphia, PA
1907-1994. After moving to Philadelphia in 1917, Samuel J. Brown studied at the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art (now the University of the Arts) and earned his master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He taught art in the Philadelphia school system for more than thirty years. He was the head of the Tra Club, an ...
Want to learn more about the painting you found while clearing out the attic? For answers, be prepared for a little detective work. ... Samuel J. Brown, Jr. Sam Brown ...
- April 16, 1907
- October 23, 1994
Brooklyn. Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation. "Selected Works by Black Artists from the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 14–June 14, 1976, unnumbered cat. New York. Studio Museum in Harlem. "New York/Chicago: WPA and the Black Artist," November 13, 1977–January 8, 1978, unnumbered cat. (dated ca. 1936).
A. Introdu'ct"ion. There is no artist in America quite like Samuel. Joseph Brown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.**. Born on April 16, 1907 in Wilmington, North Carolina, Sam Brown has created works which have been admired by art crit~cs and 'the casual observer, as well as by the wife of a president of the United States.
- Smith, J. Clay
- 1982
"African-American Artists, 1929–1945: Prints, Drawings, and Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art," January 15–May 4, 2003, extended to July 6, 2003, not in catalogue. New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Artist: Samuel Joseph Brown, Jr. (American, Wilmington, North Carolina 1907–1994 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Date: ca. 1935–43 Medium: Linocut on Asian paper
