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Vincent Brown (1901-2001)
Biography
1901 Born in Brisbane, Queensland
1920-35 Worked and taught at Soden Studios, Brisbane, from Junior to Head of Department
1920 Designed theatre sets for production by Shakespeare Society, Brisbane
1930 Theatre design 'Dido and Aneas', Bach Society
1931-34 Taught art at City Coaching College, Brisbane
1936-39 Studied at the Slade School of Fine Arts, University of London;
1936-39 Grosvenor School of Modern Art, London;
1936-39 Central School of Arts and Crafts, London;
1936-39 Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London;
1936-39 London Theatre Studio
1939-40 Studied at Ruskin School of Drawing, Oxford University; and Oxford Technical College
1939 Theatre design 'The Saffron Hill Affair', Rothfield Productions, London
1940-43 Tutor for junior and senior university examinations
1940-42 Worked at lithographic printers in Brisbane
1940-45 Set designs, 3rd Division Concert Party AIF
1941 Theatre design, Décor Cremorne Theatre, Brisbane; 'Twelfth Night', Bulimba
1942-45 Designed posters for United States Army, Bulimba, Brisbane
1944 Theatre design, Décor Australian Theatre Guild, Brisbane
1947 Judge, Travelling Scholarship for Art inaugurated by the Half Dozen Group of Artists, Brisbane
1948 Left Australia for England
1949-64 Head of Art and Drama Department, Gawr Grammer School, Portycymmer, South Wales, UK
1952-56 Member Art Subject Panel, London; Secondary School Examinations Council, Examining Bodies England and Wales
1964-66 Head of Art and Drama Department, Ynsawdre Comprehensive School, Bridgend, South Wales, UK
1966 Retired to paint and write full-time
1977 Returned to Brisbane
Solo Exhibitions
1927 Albers Gallery, Sydney
1931 Lennon's Hotel, Brisbane
1945 Canberra Hotel, Brisbane
1945 Vertu gallery, Melbourne
1945 Canberra Hotel, Toowoomba, Qld
1947 Macquarie Gallery, Sydney
1949 Moreton Gallery, Brisbane
1977 Verlie Just Town Gallery, Brisbane
1980 Bloomfield Galleries, Paddington, NSW
1991 Queensland Art Gallery, survey exhibition
Group Exhibitions
1922 AW Albers Collection of Australian Art, French Ministry of Fine Art, Paris
1938 Central School of Arts and Crafts, London (Lithographs)
1940-50 Annual exhibitor, Half Dozen Group of Artists, Brisbane
1949 Courier Mail Newspaper Company, Brisbane (by invitation)
1949 Public Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Collections
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Armidale City Art Gallery, NSW
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria
Civic Art Gallery, Brisbane
Queensland University Collection
Teacher’s Training College, Brisbane
British Museum, London
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
French Ministry of Fine Art, Paris
Numerous private collections in Australia, New Zealand, UK and USA
Source:
Lin Bloomfield (ed), 'Vincent Brown: Life and Work', Odana editions, North Sydney, 1980
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