Joan Brown

This article is about the American painter. For other people, see Joan Brown (disambiguation).
Joan Brown
Brown in 1975
Born
Joan Vivien Beatty

(1938-02-13)February 13, 1938
San Francisco, California, U.S.
DiedOctober 26, 1990(1990-10-26) (aged 52)
Puttaparthi, India
EducationCalifornia School of Fine Arts (1955-60) (BFA, 1959; MFA, 1960)
Known forPainting
MovementBay Area Figurative Movement
AwardsJames D. Phelan Award (1962)

Mademoiselle Merit Award (1963)
Louis Comfort Tiffany Award (1965)
Adaline Kent Award, San Francisco Art Institute (1973)
National Endowment for the Arts Grant (1976, 1980)
Guggenheim Fellowship (1977)

Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute (1986)

Joan Brown (born Joan Vivien Beatty; February 13, 1938 – October 26, 1990) was an American figurative painter who lived and worked in Northern California. She was a member of the "second generation" of the Bay Area Figurative Movement.[1]

  1. ^ Glueck, Grace. "Joan Brown, Artist and Professor, 52; Inspired by Ancients", The New York Times, Retrieved 2 March 2015.