Browning, Colleen

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Colleen Browning (1929-2003) was an Irish-American painter known for her figures, landscapes and still lifes. Originally a designer of movie sets, her style is generally Realist, sometimes resembling Social and Magic Realism. She studied art in London and received many awards, scholarships and prizes, among them a Carnegie Institute Prize and an Emily Lowe Award. She also taught at Pratt Institute, City College of New York, and the National Academy of Design. Her work is in the permanent collections of several major museums and has appeared in Time, Newsweek, Glamour, the New York Times, Arts Magazine, Art International, and American Artist .

From the guide to the Colleen Browning Collection, 1957, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

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From the description of Colleen Browning Papers 1971-1972. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 456170424

From the guide to the Colleen Browning Papers, 1971-1972, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])

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creatorOf Browning, Colleen. Colleen Browning : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 [graphic] [compiled by staff of The Museum of Modern Art, New York]. Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection
creatorOf Browning, Colleen. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
creatorOf Colleen Browning Collection, 1957 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Browning, Colleen, 1929- : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Colleen Browning Papers, 1971-1972 University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections
referencedIn Browning, Colleen : Biographical file. Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
referencedIn Yaddo records, 1870-1980 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Browning, Colleen. Colleen Browning Papers 1971-1972. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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creatorOf Karl E. Fortess interviews with artists Archives of American Art
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associatedWith Fortess, Karl E. (Karl Eugene), 1907- person
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associatedWith Yaddo (Artist's colony) corporateBody
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Birth 1918-05-16

Death 2003-08-22

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