Robert Brackman
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| File:JennieBrackman.jpg Joseph Cotten looking on as Robert Brackman paints Jennifer Jones for the portrait to be used as a prop in Portrait of Jennie. | |
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Robert Brackman (September 25, 1898 - July 1980) was an artist and teacher of Germanic origin, best known for large figural works, portraits, and still lifes.
Biography
Born in Odes'ka Oblast, Ukraine, he emigrated from Russia in 1908.
Brackman studied at the National Academy of Design from 1919 to 1921[citation needed] , and the Ferrer School in San Francisco[citation needed]. From 1931, he had a long career teaching at the Art Students League of New York where he was a life member[1]. He also taught at the American Art School in New York City[citation needed], the Brooklyn Museum School[citation needed], the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts[citation needed], and the Madison Art School in Connecticut[citation needed].
He painted portraits of , Abby Aldrich Rockefeller[2]John D. Rockefeller, Jr.[citation needed], Charles Lindbergh[citation needed], John Foster Dulles[citation needed], Miirrha Alhambra[citation needed] (Pauline Joutard de Evia) as well as portraits commissioned by the United States Air Force Academy[citation needed] and the State Department[citation needed][clarification needed].
He painted actress Jennifer Jones in oil to serve as a prop in the 1948 film Portrait of Jennie, where it represents a portrait painted by the character of Eben Adams (Joseph Cotten)[3]. He also did a pastel to represent a young Jennie for the same film. Fifteen sittings were held at the artist's studio at Noank, Connecticut[citation needed].
The American artist Elaine Hamilton was a student of Brackman[4].
References
- ^ "Instructors and Lecturers - Past and Present". The Art Students League of New York. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
- ^ Theobald, Mary Miley (2002). "Our little colonial house". The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
- ^ Cotten, Joseph (1988). Vanity Will Get You Somewhere. HarperCollins. ISBN 0380705346.
- ^ "Elaine Hamilton O'Neal (1920-)". Maryland ArtSource. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
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