Jim in the news
Hobson Pittman with Jim's self-portrait, 1961
--Canaday, John: Review of American Biennial, The New York Times (with photo of Brewton’s The Suicide of Judas) Nov. 29, 1959
--Grafly, Dorothy: “American Art – Whither?” Art in Focus (with cover photo of Brewton’s The Suicide of Judas) Vol. 11, No. 5, February 1960
--Photo caption (Hobson Pittman with Brewton’s self-portrait, this page), Philadelphia’s Evening Bulletin, March 29, 1961
--“Broget kunstnerkoloni samlet i Funder,” Aarhuus (Denmark) Stiftstidende Sondag, July 15, 1963
--Donohoe, Victoria: Review, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 31, 1965
--Grafly, Dorothy: “Artist’s Suicide Gives Tragic Overtone to Exhibit,” Philadelphia’s Evening Bulletin, May 28, 1967
--“James Brewton, Posthumously,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 28, 1967
--“Peale House Exhibit Opens, Draws 2,000,” Frankford’s Bulletin, Feb. 14, 1968
--Grafly, Dorothy: “An Image, a Thought, a Scene…” Philadelphia’s Evening Bulletin, March 10, 1968
--Donohoe, Victoria: “A Flurry of Solos,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 10, 1968
--Donohoe, Victoria: “The Explorations of James Brewton,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 9, 1971
--Forman, Nessa: “Now That He’s Dead – Has His Time Come?” The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 1971
--Andersen, Troels, Asger Jorn: En biografi (Copenhagen 1994) 2 vols.; German edition (Walther König: Köln 2001)
--Taylor, Michael R.: “Pataphysics in Philadelphia: The Strange Case of James E. Brewton,” paper presented at the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts, Annual Conference, November 2009
--Brady, Shaun: "New Exhibit Explores Our 'Haunting Narratives,'" (with photo of Brewton's painting) Metro Philadelphia, May 15, 2012
--"Realism in a Minor Key," American Artist magazine, October 2012 (with photo of Brewton's portrait of Edgar Allan Poe) "tinged with a touch more than the typical darkness."
--"Three Researchers, One Asger Jorn," a film posted on Feb. 27, 2014, by Denmark's Statens Museum for Kunst and Museum Jorn. Jim Brewton and two of his artworks, at 33:33 in the video.
--Taylor, Michael R.: “Pataphysics in Philadelphia: The Strange Case of James E. Brewton,” paper presented at Philadelphia a la Pataphysique conference, March 2014. Audio available here. (Scroll to lower right side of page.)
--Jamison, Mikala: "On the Hunt for One of Philadelphia's Great Art Secrets," Philadelphia City Paper, April 3-9, 2014.
--Newhall, Edith: "Recollecting a forgotten artist," The Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday, April 27, 2014.
--Grafly, Dorothy: “American Art – Whither?” Art in Focus (with cover photo of Brewton’s The Suicide of Judas) Vol. 11, No. 5, February 1960
--Photo caption (Hobson Pittman with Brewton’s self-portrait, this page), Philadelphia’s Evening Bulletin, March 29, 1961
--“Broget kunstnerkoloni samlet i Funder,” Aarhuus (Denmark) Stiftstidende Sondag, July 15, 1963
--Donohoe, Victoria: Review, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 31, 1965
--Grafly, Dorothy: “Artist’s Suicide Gives Tragic Overtone to Exhibit,” Philadelphia’s Evening Bulletin, May 28, 1967
--“James Brewton, Posthumously,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 28, 1967
--“Peale House Exhibit Opens, Draws 2,000,” Frankford’s Bulletin, Feb. 14, 1968
--Grafly, Dorothy: “An Image, a Thought, a Scene…” Philadelphia’s Evening Bulletin, March 10, 1968
--Donohoe, Victoria: “A Flurry of Solos,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 10, 1968
--Donohoe, Victoria: “The Explorations of James Brewton,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 9, 1971
--Forman, Nessa: “Now That He’s Dead – Has His Time Come?” The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 1971
--Andersen, Troels, Asger Jorn: En biografi (Copenhagen 1994) 2 vols.; German edition (Walther König: Köln 2001)
--Taylor, Michael R.: “Pataphysics in Philadelphia: The Strange Case of James E. Brewton,” paper presented at the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts, Annual Conference, November 2009
--Brady, Shaun: "New Exhibit Explores Our 'Haunting Narratives,'" (with photo of Brewton's painting) Metro Philadelphia, May 15, 2012
--"Realism in a Minor Key," American Artist magazine, October 2012 (with photo of Brewton's portrait of Edgar Allan Poe) "tinged with a touch more than the typical darkness."
--"Three Researchers, One Asger Jorn," a film posted on Feb. 27, 2014, by Denmark's Statens Museum for Kunst and Museum Jorn. Jim Brewton and two of his artworks, at 33:33 in the video.
--Taylor, Michael R.: “Pataphysics in Philadelphia: The Strange Case of James E. Brewton,” paper presented at Philadelphia a la Pataphysique conference, March 2014. Audio available here. (Scroll to lower right side of page.)
--Jamison, Mikala: "On the Hunt for One of Philadelphia's Great Art Secrets," Philadelphia City Paper, April 3-9, 2014.
--Newhall, Edith: "Recollecting a forgotten artist," The Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday, April 27, 2014.
Art on parade: Asger Jorn, Jim Brewton and Erik Nyholm (carrying a Brewton combine print) from "Three Researchers, One Asger Jorn," a film posted on Feb. 27, 2014, by Denmark's Statens Museum for Kunst and Museum Jorn.