Daniel Brush (January 22, 1947 – November 26, 2022) was an American painter, sculptor and jeweler. [1] [2]
Daniel Brush was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He enrolled at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh in 1965, from which he graduated with a bachelor of fine arts degree in 1969. He later graduated with a master of fine arts degree from the University of Southern California. [1]
In the 1970s, he was an abstract painter and a tenured professor at Georgetown University. He had solo exhibitions at The Phillips Collection (1974), the Corcoran Gallery of Art (1976 and 1977) and the Fendrick Gallery on M Street NW. [3] [4]
He moved to New York City in 1977, where he acquired a loft in the Flatiron District, a former garment factory, which served as his studio and his home until his death. In this new location, he focused his work on metals and jewels. [1] [5]
In 1998, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum organized the first exhibition of Brush's metalwork. It featured about 60 of his works. [6] [7]
He died in New York on November 26, 2022. He was survived by his wife Lynn Alpert (Olivia), whom he had married in 1967, and his son Silla. [1] [5]
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