James Brantley
American artist
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James Brantley (born 1945, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is an American artist known for his painting.
Louis Fine Purchase Award
James Brantley | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1945 (age 80–81) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Known for | painter |
| Awards | Hallgarten Prize Louis Fine Purchase Award |
| Website | www |
Biography
Brantley was born in 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Philadelphia College of Art, and the University of Pennsylvania.[2]
His work is in the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art,[3] the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,[4] and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.[5]
His work was included in the 2011 exhibition The Chemistry of Color: The Sorgenti Collection of Contemporary African-American Art at the Hudson River Museum[6] and the 2015 exhibition We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s-1970s at the Woodmere Art Museum.[7]
