Spheres of AbEx - Heather James Fine Art

WARREN BRANDT (1918-2002) was born in Greensboro, N.C., andmoved to New York after high school, attending Pratt Institute. He studiedwith Yasuo Kuniyoshi at the Art Students League and, later worked asan official portraitist in the Army during World War II. Brandt studied withPhilip Guston and Max Beckmann at Washington University in St. Louis,while maintaining connections with Abstract Expressionists in New York,consequently Brandt’s paintings reflected their influence. He traveledextensively in the 1950s, throughout Europe and from New York to NorthCarolina and Mississippi, where Brandt was teaching. In 1960 Brandtmoved to New York and made a radical change in his art, developing adistinctive painting style in nudes, still lifes and scenes from his studio.