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Russian-American sculptor
Sonia Gordon Brown (Russian: Соня Гордон Браун)
Sonia Gordon Brown
BornSonia F. Rosental
(1890-01-11)January 11, 1890
Moscow, Russia
Diedc. 1965
NationalityAmerican
Known forSculpture
SpouseWilliam Gordon Brown

Sonia Gordon Brown (Russian: Соня Гордон Браун; January 11, 1890–c. 1965) was a Russian-American sculptor.

Sonia Gordon Brown, née Sonia F. Rosental, was born in Moscow, Russia on January 11, 1890. She studied in Russia, with Nikolay Andreyev and Valentin Serov, and later in Paris, with Antoine Bourdelle. 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 and the Provincetown Art Association and Museum.

References

  1. ^ Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Taylor & Francis. pp. 1948–. ISBN 978-1-135-63889-4.
  2. ^ "Sonia Gordon Brown". Whitney Museum of American Art. Archived from the original on 2019-04-20. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
  3. 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.), Paris Musées. Produced by: Antoine Bourdelle. Location: Musée Bourdelle. April 5, 1916. Accessed August 25, 2019.
  4. American Art News, American Art News, vol. 14., no. 29, April 22, 1916; p. 9 "Miss Sonia Frances Rosental, a sculpturess of 6 Macdougal Alley, was married Wed. at the Old First Presbyterian Church to Mr. William Gordon Brown of 318 W. 57 St."
  5. "Marriage notices" (PDF). New York Times. 1916-04-06. p. 13. "BROWN–ROSENTAL. –At the Old First Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. Dr. Duffield. Miss Sonia Frances Rosental to William Gordon Brown. April 5."
  6. American Federation of Arts (1923). American Art Annual. Vol. 20. American Federation of Arts. p. 457.
  7. ^ January 11, 2019 – Brown, Sonia Gordon: 129th birthday(in Russian), EnthnoPetersburg, этнопетербург.рф, January 9, 2019. Accessed August 24, 2019
  8. National Sculpture Society (U.S.) (1923). Exhibition of American Sculpture Catalogue. National Sculpture Society. p. 257.
  9. "Artists represented in the Permanent Collection at Provincetown Art Association and Museum. | PAAM". Provincetown Art Association and Museum. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2023.


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