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Maurice Braun (1877–1941) was an American artist who became known for his Impressionist landscapes of southern California. He was born in Hungary on October 1, 1877; however, by the age of four, young Maurice and the Braun family had migrated to United States, and settled in New York City. His professional studies took him to the National Academy of Design, where he studied the French tradition under Francis C. Jones, George W. Maynard and Edgar M. Ward.[1]

Maurice Braun
Born	October 1, 1877 Nagy Bittse, Hungary
Died	November 7, 1941(1941-11-07) (aged 64) San Diego, California
Nationality	American
Known for	Painting

In 1901 Braun trained under the American painter William Merritt Chase. He established himself as a figure and portrait painter in New York City, but in 1909 he left for California. Maurice Braun died in San Diego, California, on November 7, 1941.

Awards

• Hallgarten Prize, National Academy of Design, 1900
• Gold Medal, Panama-California Exposition, San Diego, 1915–16

Memberships

• Salmagundi Club
• Laguna Beach Art Association
• San Diego Fine Arts Association

Galleries and Public Collections

• Steven Stern Fine Arts, Beverly Hills, CA
• Maurice Braun Gallery, California
• Houston Museum, Texas
• Laguna Art Museum, California
• Irvine Museum, Irvine, California
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art
• San Diego History Center
• San Diego Museum of Art
• The Redfern Gallery Laguna Beach, CA
• William A. Karges Fine Art
• K. Nathan Gallery La Jolla, California
• Art Museum of Greater Lafayette

References

• Literature: Second Nature, Four Early San Diego Landscape Painters by Milton E. Peterson, 1991;
• Literature: Artists in California, 1786-1940, by Edan Milton Hughes, 1989;
• Literature: Plein Air Painters of the Southland, by Ruth Lily Westphal, 1996.

External links

• Paintings by Maurice Braun, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF)
• Works by Maurice Braun, WikiArt

На других языках

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- [en] Maurice Braun

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[fr] Maurice Braun (peintre)

Maurice Braun, né le 1er octobre 1877 à Nagy-Bittse dans le comitat de Trencsén en Hongrie et décédé le 7 novembre 1941 à San Diego dans l'état de la Californie aux États-Unis, est un peintre paysagiste impressionniste américain. Établit à San Diego, il est connu pour ces toiles représentant les déserts de Sonora et de Mojave, les collines et paysages du sud de la Californie et ces vues de la Sierra Nevada et des chaînes côtières californiennes. Il a également peint les paysages de l'état de New York et du Connecticut, ou il a séjourné au sein de la colonie artistique d'Old Lyme et à Silvermine (en).

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