Art and Honor (2012) by Emily, feeling a need for a battered old family crest.
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ArtandHonor.com | writers and artists
Barbara Holland Marion Holland James Brewton Emily Brewton Schilling |
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EMILY BREWTON SCHILLING is an editor, writer and artist who made this site, so she'll be talking about herself in the first person now....
Hello. Thank you for visiting. I love rescuing and preserving things--particularly art, especially art by my father--which is why I founded the James E. Brewton Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, in 2008. Jim was a painter and printmaker whose work was scattered after his death in 1967. When I began hunting for his works ten years ago, I knew of fewer than 20 pieces. Today, I've located more than 150 beautiful artworks; in 2014, with help from Brewton Foundation board members and friends, we held Jim's first solo exhibition in 43 years. We hope to show more work in the near future. I'm thrilled to be working part-time for The Modigliani Project, a nonprofit group that promotes research and scholarship on Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920). I also represent the literary rights of my mother, Barbara Holland, and my grandmother, Marion Holland. |
"Homage to Modi," n.d. by Jim Brewton. One of the few paintings I grew up with, when I was a child it seemed to verge on self-portraiture ... one of many reasons I'm delighted to be involved with The Modigliani Project today.
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Jim Brewton's last passport picture
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Graphic for one of Jim's shows
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JAMES EDWARD BREWTON (1930-1967) was an avant-garde painter and printmaker. Based in Philadelphia and Silkeborg, Denmark, Jim made a brilliant start but died at 36. Some of his artwork is here, and still-missing artworks are shown here.
The Brewton Foundation is pleased to be working with PASC, the Philadelphia Avant-Garde Studies Consortium. Click here for a talk about Jim by Dr. Michael Taylor, chief curator and deputy director for art and education at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. An essay about Jim, published April 2015 on the PASC website, is here.
The Brewton Foundation is pleased to be working with PASC, the Philadelphia Avant-Garde Studies Consortium. Click here for a talk about Jim by Dr. Michael Taylor, chief curator and deputy director for art and education at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. An essay about Jim, published April 2015 on the PASC website, is here.
Marion Holland during her college years at Swarthmore
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Original cover of "A Big Ball of String," written and illustrated by Marion
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MARION HALL HOLLAND (1908-1989), was a children's author and illustrator. She had five children, of whom Barbara was the oldest. Readers still rave about Marion's books, including A Big Ball of String, which was the fifth 'Beginner Book' published by Random House. (The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss was the first in the series.) I'm sifting through Marion's papers and posting highlights here....
"When All the World was Young," Barbara Holland's second memoir
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Barbara Holland, ca. 1970
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BARBARA MURRAY HOLLAND (1933-2010) wrote fiction for children and adults; as well as essays, biographies, history and humor. For a look at her books, click here. How I wish she could add a couple of chapters to her book about the U.S. presidents! For a look at her horoscopes and other writing over the years, click here.
Barbara's paternal grandmother, Marie de Montalvo, wrote a novel called "Burning Witches." The prologue is here.
Barbara's paternal grandmother, Marie de Montalvo, wrote a novel called "Burning Witches." The prologue is here.