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Loryn Brazier

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Loryn Brazier is an American painter, notable for her portraits.

Biography

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Brazier was raised in northern Virginia, moving to Richmond in the 1960s for studies at Richmond Polytechnic Institute. She next worked as an illustrator and art director, and for a time owned an advertising agency. In 1985, after a year traveling across Europe with her husband, she decided to refocus her career on painting, taking lessons with Everett Raymond Kinstler.[1][2] She has since remained in Richmond where in addition to owning a studio she runs the Brazier Gallery. During her career she has received numerous awards, including four from the Portrait Society of America.[3]

A portrait by Brazier of Douglas Wilder, commissioned by Virginia Commonwealth University in 1999, is owned by the National Portrait Gallery.[4][5] Another portrait, of Wilhelmina Holladay, is in the collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts.[6] Her portraits of Virginia first ladies Maureen McDonnell and Katherine Godwin are owned by the state of Virginia.[7][8] A portrait of Charles J. Colgan is displayed in the Virginia State Senate.[9] Other work is owned by Virginia Commonwealth University,[10] the University of Mary Washington,[11] and the state of Maryland.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Magazine clipping". lorynbrazier.com. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Fine Art Connoisseur magazine March/April 2021 Issue by Streamline Publishing, Inc. - Issuu". 24 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Loryn Brazier, Richmond, Virginia - Fine Art Portraits by Commission, Landscape, Still Life, Figurative Paintings in Oil". www.lorynbrazier.com. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Douglas Wilder". npg.si.edu. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Smithsonian national gallery to house L. Douglas Wilder portrait". Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Loryn Brazier, Richmond, Virginia - Fine Art Portraits by Commission, Landscape, Still Life, Figurative Paintings in Oil". www.lorynbrazier.com. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  7. ^ Vozzella, Laura (11 September 2012). "Portraits of Va. first ladies". The Washington Post. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Virginia First Ladies Portraits - The Valentine". Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  9. ^ "PHOTOS: This week at the General Assembly". 19 February 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  10. ^ Morano, Rob (January 1980). "Loryn Brazier's portrait of the founding trustees of the VCU School of Engineering Foundation". Style Weekly. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  11. ^ "UMW Dedicates Hurley Convergence Center - News". 15 April 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  12. ^ "Maryland State Art Collection: Paintings, Irma S. Raker". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved 26 March 2018.