Biografie von Frederick Robert BRANDT (1936)

Birth place: Paterson, NJ

Addresses: Richmond, VA

Profession: Painter, museum exhibition director

Studied: Pa. State Univ., BA, 1960, MA, 1963.

Exhibited: 27th Juried Exhib., Gallery Contemp. Art, Winston-Salem, 1968; 9th Dixie Ann., Montgomery Mus. Fine Arts, Ala., 1968 (juror's spec. men. for prints); Piedmont Ann., Mint Mus., Charlotte, NC, 1968; 20th Irene Leache Biennial Exhib., Chrysler Mus. Norfolk, 1970 (purchase award); Virginia Artists 1971, VMFA, Richmond, 1971 (cert. of distinction); Eric Schindler Gallery, Richmond, VA, 1970s

Member: Am. Assn. Mus.; James River Mus. Conf.

Work: Chrysler Mus. Norfolk, Va.; Va. Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, Va.; Richmond Humanities Ctr., Va.; St. Mary's Hosp., Richmond; Retreat for the Sick, Richmond. Commissions: Slide-tape pub permanent presentations for Agecroft Hall, Richmond, 1969 & Stratford Hall, Va., 1972.

Comments: Preferred media: acrylics. Positions: interpretation asst., gallery div., VMFA, 1960-1961; teaching asst., Pa. State Univ., 1961-1963; asst. progs. dir., VMFA, 1963-. Publications: contribr., Art Nouveau" (catalog), 1971; contribr., "Francisco Goya: Portraits in Paintings, Prints and Drawings" (catalog), 1972; auth., var. articles in antique periodicals, 1971-1972. Collections arranged: "Homer and the Sea," 1964; "The World of Shakespeare," 1965; "Greek Gold," 1966; "William Hogarth," 1967; "Architectural Drawing in Virginia," 1969; "Church Silver of Colonial Virginia," 1970; "American Painting," 1970; "Art Nouveau," 1971; "Francisco Goya: Portraits in Paintings, Print and Drawings," 1972."