Paintings
{Please note that most of Jim's art has not yet been professionally photographed.}
James E. Brewton. "Patatarget." 1964-65, oils and mixed media on canvas, 34" diameter. Private collection.
James E. Brewton. "To Vera." n.d., mixed media on canvas, painted over "Tunnel Under the English Channel," 24" x 36". Private collection.
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James E. Brewton. "Tunnel Under the English Channel." n.d., mixed media on canvas, 24" x 36". Painted over by Brewton to create "To Vera."
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James E. Brewton. Untitled. (Portrait of Charles Baudelaire), n.d., private collection.
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James E. Brewton. "Une Saison en Enfer" (portrait of Arthur Rimbaud). ca. 1959, private collection.
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James Brewton. Untitled (portrait of Edgar Allan Poe). n.d., oils on canvas, 19.5" x 24". (Detail) private collection.
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James Brewton. "Homage to Modi." n.d., oils or tempera on panel, 25" x 25.5". (Detail) private collection.
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James E. Brewton. "X." 1966, mixed media on canvas, 24.5" x 24.5". Collection of Jason Brewton Broede, California.
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James E. Brewton. "An Egg Carton for the Wall." 1966, mixed media on canvas, 22" x 12". Collection of Jason Brewton Broede, California.
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James E. Brewton. Untitled (self-portrait). n.d., oils on panel, 17" x 21". Private collection.
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James E. Brewton. "Self portrait - An aspect of myself." 1962, oils on canvas, 16" x 18". Private collection.
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James E. Brewton. "Julie Gibson." n.d., oils on canvas. Private collection. With its nod to Toulouse Lautrec's "La Goulue" poster, Brewton's "Julie Gibson" portrays the aspiring actress performing her famous strip show, "Dance of the Bashful Bride." Gibson's burlesque act was often booked at a Philadelphia bar, The Wedge.
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James E. Brewton. "The American Dream-Girl." n.d., oils on canvas. Private collection.
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James E. Brewton. "The Bombardment of Kobenhavn by Vice Admiral Lord Nelson in 1801: The Mad Laughter of Courage." 1966-67, mixed media on canvas, 49" x 86" (detail). Brewton considered this work his masterpiece; his Kobenhavn paintings and collages spring from direct artist-to-artist links among Brewton, Asger Jorn, and Pablo Picasso. Jorn's "Stalingrad, le non-lieu ou le fou-rire du courage" (1957-1960, 1967, 1972), collection Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, DK, is a response to Picasso's
"Guernica" (1937), collection Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid. Jorn was studying with Fernand Leger in Paris when Picasso was painting "Guernica," and Jorn helped Le Corbusier with his "Temps Nouveaux" pavilion for the World Expo, where "Guernica" was displayed at the Spanish Pavilion. Jorn visited Picasso in Antibes in 1946. In 1962-63 and 1965, Brewton spent time with Jorn in Denmark, and the idea for Brewton's "Bombardment of Kobenhavn" was sparked, with references to both "Stalingrad" and "Guernica." For instance, the light bulb at the top left-center of "Guernica" is an actual working light bulb at the top right-center of "Kobenhavn," mottled with grey paint in homage to Jasper Johns's "Lightbulb I" (1958).
James E. Brewton. "Saga Lulu." 1967, mixed media, 32" x 24", private collection.
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James E. Brewton. "Asger Jorn, pour tous les hommes." 1964, oils on canvas, 50" x 30", private collection.
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