James Brantley Explained

James Brantley
Birth Place:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education:	Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia College of Art, University of Pennsylvania
Field:	painter
Awards:	Hallgarten Prize Louis Fine Purchase Award

James Brantley (born 1945, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is an American artist known for his painting.

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 at the Woodmere Art Museum.^[7]

External links

• James Brantley discusses his career and art at the Brandywine Workshop and Archives in 2011

Notes and References

1. Web site: James Brantley . AskArt . 14 June 2022.
2. Web site: James Brantley . Art in Embassies . U.S. Department of State . 14 June 2022.
3. Web site: James Brantley . Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art . 14 June 2022.
4. Web site: James Brantley . Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts . 14 June 2022.
5. Web site: James Brantley . Philadelphia Museum of Art . 14 June 2022.
6. Web site: Gold . Sylviane . An Alchemy of Color and Craft . The New York Times . 14 June 2022 . 26 February 2011.
7. Web site: We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s-1970s. Woodmere Art Museum . 14 June 2022 . en-gb.