Sonia Gordon Brown Explained
| Sonia Gordon Brown (Russian: Соня Гордон Браун) |
| Birth Name: | Sonia F. Rosental |
| Birth Date: | 11 January 1890 |
| Birth Place: | Moscow, Russia |
| Nationality: | American |
| Known For: | Sculpture |
| Spouse: | William Gordon Brown |
Sonia Gordon Brown (Russian: Соня Гордон Браун; January 11, 1890–c. 1965) was a Russian-American sculptor.[1]
Sonia Gordon Brown, née Sonia F. Rosental,[2] [3] [4] was born in Moscow, Russia on January 11, 1890.[5] She studied in Russia, with Nikolay Andreyev and Valentin Serov, and later in Paris, with Antoine Bourdelle.[6] [7] She later moved to New York.Brown served as president of the New York Society of Women Artists in 1927.
Her work is included in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of Modern Art[8] and the Provincetown Art Association and Museum.[9]
Notes and References
- Book: Jules Heller. Nancy G. Heller. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. 19 December 2013. Taylor & Francis. 978-1-135-63889-4. 1948–.
- http://parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-bourdelle/archives/faire-part-de-mariage-de-william-gordon-brown-et-sophie-frances-rosental-5#infos-principales Faire-part de mariage de William Gordon Brown et Sophie Frances Rosental, 5 avril 1916. (Wedding Invitation by William Gordon Brown and Sophie Frances Rosental, April 5, 1916.)
- https://books.google.com/books?id=ccBIAQAAMAAJ&dq=Gordon+BROWN,+Sonia+F.+Rosental&pg=PA256 American Art News
- News: New York Times. Marriage notices. 1916-04-06. 13. "BROWN–ROSENTAL. –At the Old First Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. Dr. Duffield. Miss Sonia Frances Rosental to William Gordon Brown. April 5."
- Book: American Art Annual. American Federation of Arts. 1923. 20. American Federation of Arts. 457.
- http://этнопетербург.рф/media-tsentr/notes/index.php?SECTION_ID=&ELEMENT_ID=11671 January 11, 2019 – Brown, Sonia Gordon: 129th birthday
- Book: National Sculpture Society (U.S.). Exhibition of American Sculpture Catalogue. 1923. National Sculpture Society. 257.
- Web site: Sonia Gordon Brown . Whitney Museum of American Art . 2019-04-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190420212911/https://whitney.org/artists/186 . 2019-04-20 . live .
- Web site: Artists represented in the Permanent Collection at Provincetown Art Association and Museum. PAAM . Provincetown Art Association and Museum . 20 May 2023 . 3 March 2014.
