The History of Art Series, oil and acrylic on canvas

The History of Art Series, 1994/2001Frederick James Brown

Paintings

Oil and acrylic on canvas

110 shaped, interlocking paintings

Dimensions variable

Bebe and Crosby Kemper Collection

Collection of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Gift of the William T. Kemper Charitable Trust, UMB Bank, n.a., Trustee

1999.20.1–108, 2001.1.1–2

Frederick James Brown, (American, 1945–2012), The History of Art, oil and acrylic on canvas, dimensions variable. Collection of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri, Bebe and Crosby Kemper Collection, Gift of the William T. Kemper Charitable Trust, UMB Bank, n.a., Trustee, 1999.20.01–108.;2001.01.01–02. © Frederick J. Brown Trust / Artist's Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Anna Petrow.

American, born 1945 in Greensboro, Georgia

Died 2012 in Carefree, Arizona

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Frederick James Brown (b. 1945), The Yellow Light, 1994Frederick James Brown
Wayne Thiebaud (born 1920), After Booth Girl, 1994Frederick James Brown
Mark Rothko (1903–1970), Red & Black, 1994Frederick James Brown
Aesop in the style of Francisco Goya (1746–1828), who painted in the style of Diego Velázquez (1599–1660), 1994Frederick James Brown
Frederick James Brown (b. 1945), Thinking of Mexico, 1994Frederick James Brown
Arshile Gorky (1904–1948), Abstraction 1936 (Dedicated with thanks to Barney Ebsworth), 1994Frederick James Brown