OBSERVATIONS BY ALAN ROSENBERG

CARLYLE BROWN ARTICLE PUBLISHED THE JOURNAL OF CORNWALL CONTEMPORARY ARTS

I am happy to let you know that my article on artist Carlyle Brown has been published in the Spring 2021 issue of the Journal of Cornwall Contemporary Arts. Brown began his career as an artist under the influence of the Russian expatriate painter Pavel Tchelitchew. By the time of Brown's death in 1963, at the age of 44, he had established his own identity, recognized for his brilliant draftsmanship, masterful painting, exquisitely poised compositions and eerily enigmatic subjects. Between 1948 and 1963 Brown had eleven one-man shows and his works were acquired by the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and numerous private collectors including noted connoisseurs such as Edward James, Hugh Chisholm, Millicent Rogers, Van Day Truex, Henry McIllhenny and Baron Alexis de Rede. Growing interest in the influence of surrealism on American mid-20th-century art has been spurred on by recent exhibitions such as Real/Surreal at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Artists who were almost forgotten are being reevaluated and museums are revealing paintings that have been shut away in storage for decades. Although many of these works of art transmit an ominous mood of foreboding the prognosis is good for renewal and rediscovery. Please contact me if you would like to receive a PDF via email.