Milton Avery and Sigmund Brouwer

Contents 1 Biography 2 About Avery's art 3 Public collections 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links

Biography

The son of a tanner, Avery began working at a local factory at the age of 16 and supported himself for decades with a succession of blue-collar jobs. The death of his brother-in-law in 1915 left Avery, as the sole remaining adult male in his household, responsible for the support of nine female relatives. His interest in art led him to attend classes at the Connecticut League of Art Students in Hartford, and over a period of years, he painted in obscurity while receiving a conservative art education. In 1917, he began working night jobs in order to paint in the daytime.

In 1924, he met Sally Michel, a young art student, and in 1926, they married; her income as an illustrator enabled him to devote himself more fully to painting. The two had a daughter, March Avery, in 1932. For several years in the late 1920s through the late 1930s, Avery practiced painting and drawing at the Art Students League of New York. Roy Neuberger saw his work and thought he deserved recognition. Determined to get the world to know and respect Avery's work, Neuberger bought over 100 of his paintings, starting with Gaspé Landscape, and lent or donated them to museums all over the world. With the work of Milton Avery rotating through high-profile museums, he came to be a highly respected and successful painter.

Avery's work is seminal to American abstract painting—while his work is clearly representational, it focuses on color relations and is not concerned with creating the illusion of depth as most conventional Western painting since the Renaissance has. Avery was often thought of as an American Matisse, especially because of his colorful and innovative landscape paintings. His poetic, bold and creative use of drawing and color set him apart from more conventional painting of his era. Early in his career, his work was considered too radical for being too abstract; when Abstract Expressionism became dominant his work was overlooked, as being too representational.

French Fauvism and German Expressionism influenced the style of Avery's early work, and his paintings from the 1930s are similar to those of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. By the 1940s, Avery’s painting style had become more similar to Henri Matisse, and his later works use color with great subtlety.

In the 1930s, he was befriended by Adolph Gottlieb and Mark Rothko among many other artists living in New York City in the 1930s–40s. It was Rothko who wrote perhaps the most vivid summation of Avery's art, quoted below.

The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., was the first museum to purchase one of Avery's paintings in 1929; that museum also gave him his first solo museum exhibition in 1944. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1963.

Avery was a man of few words. "Why talk when you can paint?" he often quipped to his wife. Their daughter, March Avery, is also a painter.

Milton Avery is buried in the Artists Cemetery, in Woodstock, Ulster County, New York. After his death in 1965, his widow, Sally Avery, donated the artist's personal papers to the Archives of American Art, a research center of the Smithsonian Institution. In 2007, the Archives optically scanned these papers and made them available to researchers as the Milton Avery Papers Online. About Avery's art

According to Mark Rothko, What was Avery's repertoire? His living room, Central park, his wife Sally, his daughter March, the beaches and mountains where they summered; cows, fish heads, the flight of birds; his friends and whatever world strayed through his studio: a domestic, unheroic cast. But from these there have been fashioned great canvases, that far from the casual and transitory implications of the subjects, have always a gripping lyricism, and often achieve the permanence and monumentality of Egypt.

Art critic Hilton Kramer said, He was, without question, our greatest colorist.... Among his European contemporaries, only Matisse—to whose art he owed much, of course—produced a greater achievement in this respect. Public collections The Ackland Art Museum (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) The Addison Gallery of American Art (Andover, Massachusetts) The Art Gallery of the University of Rochester (New York) The Binghamton University Art Museum (Binghamton, New York) The Birmingham Museum of Art (Alabama) The Block Museum of Art (Northwestern University, Illinois) The Brooklyn Museum (New York City) The Butler Institute of American Art (Ohio) The Cape Ann Museum (Gloucester, Massachusetts) The Cleveland Museum of Art The Columbia Museum of Art (South Carolina) The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville, Arkansas) The Davistown Museum (Liberty, Maine) The Dayton Art Institute (Ohio) The Georgia Museum of Art (Athens, Georgia) The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco The Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art (University of Florida, Gainesville) The Harvard University Art Museums The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington, D.C.) The Honolulu Museum of Art The Hunter Museum of American Art (Tennessee) The Maier Museum of Art (Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Virginia) The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (Texas) The Montana Museum of Art and Culture (Missoula, Montana) The Montclair Art Museum (New Jersey) The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The Museum of Modern Art (New York City) The National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.) The National Gallery of Australia (Canberra) The National Portrait Gallery, (Washington, D.C.) The Neuberger Museum of Art (Purchase, New York) The New Britain Museum of American Art (Connecticut) The New Jersey State Museum (Trenton) The Oklahoma City Museum of Art (Oklahoma) The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Phillips Collection (Washington, D.C.) The Portland Art Museum (Oregon) The Reading Public Museum (Pennsylvania) The San Antonio Art League Museum (Texas) The San Diego Museum of Art (California) The Santa Barbara Museum of Art (California) The Sheldon Museum of Art (Lincoln, Nebraska) The Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington, D.C.) The Tate Gallery (London) The University of Kentucky Art Museum (Lexington, Kentucky) The Vero Beach Museum of Art (Florida) The Wake Forest University Fine Arts Gallery (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) The Walker Art Center (Minnesota) The Westmoreland Museum of American Art (Greensburg, Pennsylvania) The Woodstock Artists Association and Museum (Woodstock, New York) are among the public collections holding work by Milton Avery. Notes ^ Metropolitan Museum of Art, permanent collection, retrieved November 12, 2008 ^ a b Avery, M. & Chernow, B., p. 9. ^ Greenberg, Clement (1957). "Milton Avery". Arts Magazine 32: 39–46.  |accessdate= requires |url= (help) ^ http://www.davistownmuseum.org/bioMiltonAvery.html, accessed online 7-11-2007 ^ http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/findingaids/avermilt.htm "Biographical Note," Finding Aid to the Papers of Milton Avery, February 6, 2007, Smithsonian Archives of American Art ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 28 April 2011.  ^ Mark Rothko, Commemorative Essay delivered at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, January 7, 1965, reprinted in Adelyn D. Breeskin, Milton Avery, 1969. ^ Hilton Kramer, Avery-"Our Greatest Colorist" April 12, 1981, New York Times.

Sigmund Brouwer and Milton Avery

One of six children born to a family with Dutch heritage, Brouwer is a native of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. He is married to a Christian singer Cindy Morgan and has two daughters. Brouwer divides his time between Nashville, Tennessee and Red Deer, Alberta, and enjoys sports such as ice hockey and golf.

Brouwer is perhaps most noted for his work with Hank Hanegraaff in the controversial Last Disciple series, released in 2005 and 2006. It is a fictional series set in the "end times" of the 1st century AD, narrated from a Partial-Preterist viewpoint.

A favorite cause of Brouwer's is to encourage children to love books. He visits 80,000 students per year at schools across North America to present Rock And Roll Literacy, drawing on the theme that great stories, like great songs, engage our feelings. To help with the literacy cause, he has also co-written two hockey fiction books in French with Gaston Gingras, who won a Stanley Cup with the Montreal Canadiens in 1986. Brouwer also frequently presents Rock and Roll Literacy with six-time Stanley Cup Champion and NHL Hall-of-Famer Bryan Trottier, all in efforts to hook reluctant readers.

Sigmund Brouwer has nearly 3 million copies of his books in print.

Contents 1 Children's books 2 Adult books 3 Non-fiction Books 4 Rumored Works 5 External links 6 References

Children's books The Accidental Detective Series The Mystery Tribe of Camp Blackeagle (1990, 2003, 1988 as Indians in the Deep Woods: A Ricky and Joel Adventure) Phantom Outlaw at Wolf Creek (1990, 2005) Lost Beneath Manhattan (1990, 2004) Race for the Park Street Treasure (1991, 2004) Creature of the Mists (1991, 2003) The Missing Map Pirate's Haven (1991, 2004) The Downtown Desperadoes (1991, 2004) Shortcuts (1993, 2005) Terror on Kamikaze Run (1994, 2004) Madness at Moonshiner's Bay (1995, 2003) Sunrise at the Mayan Temple (1995, 2004) Tyrant of the Badlands (1996, 2002) The Volcano of Doom (2002) The Disappearing Jewel of Madagascar (2002) Legend of the Gilded Saber (2002) Shroud of the Lion (2003) Dr. Drabble Genius Inventor Dr. Drabble's Remarkable Underwater Breathing Pills (1991) Dr. Drabble's Phenomenal Antigravity Dust Machine (1991) Dr. Drabble's Incredible Identical Robot Innovation (1991) Dr. Drabble's Astounding Musical Mesmerizer (1991) Dr. Drabble and the Dynamic Duplicator (1992) Dr. Drabble's Spectacular Shrinker-Enlarger (1992) Dr. Drabble's Amazing Invisibility Mirror (1992) The Winds of Light Series Wings of an Angel (1992) Barbarians from the Isle (1992) Legend of Burning Water (1992) The Forsaken Crusade (1992) A City of Dreams (1993) Merlin's Destiny (1993) The Jester's Quest (1994) Dance of Darkness (1994)

In 1994 the series was collected in one volume entitled Magnus, and again in 1999 as Wings of Dawn. Lightning on Ice Series Rebel Glory (1995, 2006) All-Star Pride (1995, 2006) Blazer Drive (1996, 2007) Thunderbird Spirit (1996, 2008) Winter Hawk Star (1996, 2008) Chief Honor (1997, 2008) Short Cuts Extreme Sports Series Snowboarding ...to the Extreme – Rippin (1996, 2002 as Rippin, 2005 as Wired) Mountain Biking...to the Extreme – Cliff Dive (1996, 2002 as Cliff Dive) Scuba Diving...to the Extreme – Off the Wall (1996) Skydiving...to the Extreme – Chute Roll (1997) Cyber Quest Adventures Pharaoh's Tomb (1997) Knights Honour (1997) Pirate's Cross (1997) Outlaw's Gold (1997) Soldier's Aim (1997) Galilee Man (1997)

In 2000 the series was collected in one volume entitled Cyberquest: The Complete Virtual Adventure. Sports Mystery Series Cobra Threat: Football (1998, 2007 as Cobra Strike) Maverick Mania: Soccer (1998, 2008) Scarlet Thunder: Racing (1998, 2008) Tiger Heat: Baseball (1998) Titan Clash: Basketball (1998, 2007) Hurricane Power: Track (1999, 2007) Mars Diaries Oxygen Level Zero (2000) Alien Pursuit (2000) Time Bomb (2000) Hammerhead (2001) Sole Survivor (2001) Moon Racer (2001) Countdown (2001) Robot War (2001) Manchurian Sector (2002) Last Stand (2002)

In 2009 the series was collected in five volumes entitled Robot Wars Books 1 – 5: Death Trap, Double Cross, Ambush, Counterattack, Final Battle. Bug's Eye View Series Annie Ant Has Hiccups (2001) Baby Ant Has Stinky Pants (2001) Daddy Ant, You Never Listen (2001) Grandpa Ant Snores Too Loud (2001) Mommy Ant, Eat Your Vegetables (2001) Annie Ant Don't Cry (2001) Watch Out for Joel! Series Bad Bug Blues (2002) Long Shot (2002) Camp Craziness (2003) Fly Trap (2003) Mystery Pennies (2003) Strunk Soup (2003) Guardian Angel Series The Angel and the Ring (2005) The Angel and the Sword (2005) The Angel and the Cross (2005) Orca Echoes Timberwolf Chase (2006) Timberwolf Revenge (2006) Timberwolf Hunt (2007) Timberwolf Trap (2007) Timberwolf Challenge (2008) Timberwolf Tracks (2009) Timberwolf Rivals (2009) Timberwolf Prey (2010) Justine McKeen Series Justine McKeen: Queen of Green (2011) Justine McKeen: Walk the Talk (2012) Justine McKeen: Scooper (2012) Justine KcKeen: Eat your Beets (2013) Justine KcKeen and the Bird Nerd (2013) Merlin's Immortals Series The Orphan King (2012) Fortress of Mist (2013) Martyr's Fire (2013) Blades of Valor (2014)

Merlin's Immortals is a revised and expanded version of The Winds of Light Series (a.k.a. Magnus). Other Books The Edge: Courage And Inspiration From The Ice (2000) The Little Spider: A Story About Giving (2001) Degrees of Guilt: Tyrone's Story (2003) Tiger Threat (2006) Hitmen Triumph (2007) Oil King Courage (2009) Devil's Pass (2012) Dead Man's Switch (2014) Adaptions Sewer Rats (2006, an abridged edition of Tiger Heat) Absolute Pressure (2009, an expanded edition of Scuba Diving...to the Extreme – Off the Wall) Short Stories Golden Tonsils And Other Great Stories (2003) Adult books The Ghost Rider Series (a.k.a. Sam Keaton: Legends of Laramie) Morning Star (1994, 2000 as Evening Star) Moon Basket (1994, 2000 as Silver Moon) Sundance (1995, 2001 as Sun Dance) Thunder Voice (1995, 2001) Blood Ties (1995) Double Helix (1996) The Weeping Chamber (1998) Pony Express Christmas (2000) Nick Barrett Mysteries Out of the Shadows (2001) Crown of Thorns (2002) The Lies of Saints (2003) The Leper (2002) Dear Teacher (2004) The Last Disciple Series The Last Disciple (With Hank Hanegraaff, 2005, 2012) The Last Sacrifice (With Hank Hanegraaff, 2006, 2012) The Last Temple (With Hank Hanegraaff, 2012) Fuse of Armageddon (With Hank Hanegraaff, 2007) Broken Angel (2008) Flight of Shadows (2010) The Canary List (2011) Thief of Glory (2014)

Note that Brouwer's novel Failure to Protect was never released, despite having a set release date for early 2010. Non-fiction Books The Carpenter's Cloth: Christ's Journey to the Cross and Beyond (1998, 2004 as The Carpenter's Journey: To the Cross and Beyond) Into His Arms: Seeing Jesus Through Children's Eyes (1999) The Truth Is Out There Series Can the Real Jesus Still Be Found? (2000) The Unrandom Universe (2002) In Galileo's Footsteps (2007) Who Made the Moon? (2008) Rock 'N' Roll Literacy (2011) Rumored Works A fourth Nick Barrett Mystery was announced in a comment by Brouwer on his Facebook page. External links The Official Sigmund Brouwer Website Cool Reading Fantastic Fiction
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