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Frederick James Brown

(American, 1945–2012)

sara vaughn by frederick james brown

Frederick James Brown

Sara Vaughn, 2005

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johnny hodges by frederick james brown

Frederick James Brown

Johnny Hodges, 2005

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louis armstrong by frederick james brown

Frederick James Brown

Louis Armstrong, 2005

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Biography

Timeline

1945
Born in Greensboro, Georgia
1970 - 1989
Lived in New York City
1975
Meets Willem de Kooning who urges him to make painting a "sacred calling."
The artist currently lives and works in Carefree, Arizona.
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY National Museum of Art, Washington, DC Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri The White House, Washington, DC

Exhibitions

2006 - 2009
Twenty Jazz Portraits, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA (solo)
2002 - 2004
Frederick J. Brown: Portraits of Jazz, Blues and Other Icons, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri (solo)
1995
Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis, MO (solo)
1991
Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C. (solo)
1989
The Blues by Frederick Brown, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1988
National Museum of China, Beijing, China (solo)
1983
Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1979
Recent Acquisitions of the 20th Century, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Public Collections

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Liberian Government
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Smithsonian Institutions National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Xavier University, New Orleans, LA
English (US)

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