biography of Colleen BROWNING (1918-2003)

Birth place: Eire (U.S. citizen)

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Painter

Studied: Slade Sch. Art, London, Eng.

Exhibited: Five shows, WMAA ann., 1951-1963; Carnegie Int., 1952 & 1955; AIC, 1954; five shows, NAD, 1957-1972 (Adolph & Clara Obrig Prize, 1970); Biennial Inter.-Americana, Mexico, 1961; PAFA, 1962; Kennedy Galleries, NYC, 1970s. Awards: figure composition award, Stanford Univ., 1956; second prize for oils, Butler Inst. Am. Art, 1960.

Member: Academician, Nat. Acad. Design (coun. mem., 1969-1972, jury of selection, 1972, corresp. sec., 1972-1973); Audubon Artists (jury of awards, 1972).

Work: CPLH; Detroit AI; Columbia Mus., SC; Rochester Mem. Art Gallery, NY, Milwaukee Art Ctr., Wis.

Comments: Preferred media: oils. Publications: illusr., Portrait of a Lady," Ltd. Ed. Club, 1967; illusr., The Poet's Eye (Prentice-Hall, 1969); illusr., Every Man Heart look Down (Crowell-Collier, 1970); illusr., Downtown Is (McGraw-Hill, 1972). Teaching: instr. painting & drawing, City Col. New York, 1960-.

Sources: WW73; Articles, In: Newsweek (1952 & 1954); Norman Kent," Colleen Browning," Am Artist (1957); John Canaday, "Art - Against the Current," New York Times, 1965."