The following information was submitted by John Underwood in May of
2006. He states: "All of the information was taken from two separate
interviews with her
in the Charlotte Herald of Port Charlotte, Florida June, 1963. I haven't found
an exact birth date but she was 75 when the article was printed in 1963
and I have no death date." Ann
Marie Brown experimented with a variety of mediums throughout her life
including painting, printmaking, sculpture, enameling, ceramics and
glass. "I believe I've worked in every medium except leather.
Basically I have an unquenchable thirst for different things. Every
time I see something new I want to try it." she stated in an interview
for the Charlotte Herald. Her Missouri Ozark landscapes in oil
show the influence of Edmund Wuerpel and her ceramics are characterized
by bright, sometimes experimental glazes. Her woodblock prints appear
to have been influenced by Joseph Vorst. She owned at least five of
his pieces and may have studied with him.
Mrs. Brown was
born in Salsbury, MO about 1888 and the family moved to St. Louis soon
after. She studied with various teachers including Humphrey Wooldrich
and Edmund Wuerpel and attended the Chicago Art Institute for a while.
She married Guy Brown in 1912 and whenever going on a business trip
with him she would "hunt up an artist in the vicinity and spend most of
her time with him." She was president of the Society of Independent
Artists for two and a half years, a member of the Artists Guild of
St.Louis, Independent Artists, Ozark Artists Association, American
Artists Professional League and President of St.Louis Women Artists.
For 12 years she wrote and illustrated for Popular Ceramics magazine,
residing and exhibiting in St. Louis until she retired to Port
Charlotte, Florida in 1963. |