Gary Hugh Brown (born 1941) is an American artist, painter, draftsman, and professor

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of art at the

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. Brown has a drawing in the collection of the

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. He has exhibited his work in

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, and the

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Early life and education

Brown was born to Earl Hugh and Dorothy Aileen Brown in 1941, in

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. While a student, Brown designed and painted sets for the

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in Evansville. In 1966, Brown received a

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from

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Career

Brown worked as an artist in Wisconsin, exhibiting his art at several galleries in the area. In that same year he accepted a position as assistant professor at UCSB. In September 1966, Brown had a one-person exhibition at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science in Evansville, Indiana, where he was reviewed by ''The Courier-Journal.'' In February 1971, Brown's watercolors were displayed at the Plaza Gallery of Fine Arts in

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. His work was influenced by his travels. Another exhibition in 1972, selected by Richard Ames, a critic for the ''

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,'' was at the Gallery de Silva in Montecito Village. It included ''Landscape Reflection,'' a self-portrait of Brown done in 1971. Brown did the drawings of the ''Santa Cruz Mountain Poems,'' by poet and author

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in November 1972. Included in Anthology were Brown's drawings of the Devereaux Series sketchbooks and prints at the Art/Life Gallery. In November 1991, Brown had a solo exhibition at the

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Art Gallery in

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. His work was displayed at the

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in 1966 and in one man shows ''Folded Drawings,'' at the Fleischer-Anhalt gallery, Los Angeles in 1967.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Hugh Gary 1941 births Painters from California Artists from Indiana 20th-century American painters 21st-century American painters Living people University of California, Santa Barbara faculty American LGBTQ painters People from Evansville, Indiana