D. Putnam Brinley

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Daniel Putnam Brinley
BornMarch 8, 1879
Modernism, Impressionism
AwardsArchitectural League of New York Gold Medal of Honor

Daniel Putnam Brinley (March 8, 1879 – July 31, 1963

Henry Siddons Mowbray, and was most influenced by Kenyon Cox and John Henry Twachtman.[2][3]

Life and career

In 1904, Brinley married his childhood friend, Kathrine Gordon Sanger, whom he had begun courting during the 1890s. Kathrine would later achieve fame in her own right as an author of travel books. The two of them spent the next four years traveling through

Modernist school of art.[3]

In 1908, the Brinleys returned to the United States, and Daniel established a studio in

291, and helped organize the 1913 Armory Show. He was also a founding member of the Association of American Painters and Sculptors and the Grand Central Art Galleries. In 1914 the Brinleys built a home, Datchet House, in Silvermine (New Canaan) Connecticut, designed by their friend Austin W. Lord, and spent part of each year there for the remainder of their lives.[3][4] In 1919, Brinley is returned to France after the First World War to see the ravages of destruction. He was so shocked that he decided, with the "Young Men's Christian Association" (Y.M.C.A), to paint the crumbling buildings in order to never forget this devastation. His drawings were gathered in a French book named "Ruines de Guerre" (War of Ruines). Brinley was a charter member of the Silvermine Guild of Artists in 1922.[5]

During the 1930s Brinley earned considerable fame and profit from his murals.

Who's Who in America, issued in the early 1940s, identified him as Republican and of the Episcopalian faith.[6] In 1930, Brinley was elected into the National Academy of Design
as an Associate member.

Brinley died on July 31, 1963, in New Canaan, following a brief illness. He was survived only by his wife.[1]

Notable works

The lobby of the Daily News Building in New York City features Brinley's Great Terrestrial Globe.

At the time of Brinley's death, many obituaries noted the decorative maps that he created for

Brooklyn Savings Bank, for which he was awarded the Gold Medal of Honor of the Architectural League of New York. Finally, he created the Great Terrestrial Globe that sat in the lobby of the Daily News Building in New York City.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Biographical Material: Obituaries for Daniel Putnam Brinley, 1963". Daniel Putnam Brinley and Kathrine Sanger Brinley papers, 1879-1984, Box 1, Folder 1. Archives of American Art. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
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    ISBN 978-0-313-29619-2
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  3. ^ a b c "Daniel Putnam Brinley and Kathrine Sanger Brinley papers, 1879-1984". Archives of American Art. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  4. ^ W. H. de B. Nelson, “A Studio Home in Connecticut,” International Studio, vol. 53 no. 212 (October 1914), pp. lxv–lxvii.
  5. ^ American Art News, Vol. 21, No. 6 (November 16, 1922), p. 8.
  6. ^ "Biographical Material: Who's Who Biographical Sketches, Daniel Putnam Brinley, 1935-1962". Daniel Putnam Brinley and Kathrine Sanger Brinley papers, 1879-1984, Box 1, Folder 5. Archives of American Art. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  7. National World War I Museum. Archived from the original
    on October 9, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  8. ^ "Biographical Material: Biographical Sketches & Chronologies, Daniel Putnam Brinley, circa 1930s-1950s". Daniel Putnam Brinley and Kathrine Sanger Brinley papers, 1879-1984, Box 1, Folder 3. Archives of American Art. Retrieved July 29, 2011.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from Daniel Putnam Brinley and Kathrine Sanger Brinley papers, 1879-1984. Smithsonian Archive of American Art.

Further reading

Loder, Elizabeth M. D. Putnam Brinley 1879-1963: Impressionist and Mural Painter (rev. ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: Brinley Associates: 1983.

ISBN 0835703908

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