Brian Halsey

Brian Halsey (Kendallville, IN - 1942) is an American artist specialized in painting and printmaking. He graduated magna cum laude from the Chicago Art Institute and Michigan State University; he holds an M.A. degree in Creative Arts and Church History.

He was awarded a United States Steel Fellowship in 1969 scholarship to study at Florida State University from where he graduated in 1972. Additional study included studio art and research study in Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Holland, Paris and London.

Halsey taught art at Spring Arbor College before devoting his career full time to printmaking and painting.

He received recognitions and awards from: Society of American Graphics Artists (http://saga.monmouth.edu/), Metropolitan Museum and Art Center in New York, Print Club Galleries in Philadelphia PA, Los Angeles Printmaking Society (www.laprintmakers.com), PRATT Graphic Center International Print Exhibition, National Academy of Design.

Photos: http://search.famsf.org:8080/search.shtml?keywords=halsey

Works are collected in private and public museums:

• National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto, Japan (www.momak.go.jp/English; http://search.artmuseums.go.jp/records.php?sakuhin=152731)
• Minneapolis Institute of Arts (www.artsmia.org)
• Grunwald Center for Graphic Arts, University of California
• Arthur Anderson Co.;
• Westinghouse Electric, Pittsburgh PA
• Bank of America Corp., San Francisco, CA.
• Sun Bank of Florida
• United States Steel Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA
• Prudential Insurance Co., Houston, TX
• National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. (www.nga.gov)
• Brooklyn Museum of Art (www.brooklynmuseum.org)
• Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI
• Denver Art Museum (www.denverartmuseum.org)
• The National Collection of Fine Arts
• Detroit Institute of Arts (www.dia.org)
• Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco (www.famsf.org)
• Norton Gallery, West Palm Beach Florida (www.norton.org)
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art (www.lacma.org)
• Baltimore Museum of Art (www.artbma.org)
• Phoenix Art Museum (www.phxart.org)
• Indianapolis Museum of Art (www.imamuseum.org)
• McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX (www.mcnayart.org)
• Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. (www.si.edu)
• I.B.M. New York, N.Y.
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y. (www.metmuseum.org)

Exhibitions: National Academy of Design, N.Y. (one man shows; www.nationalacademy.org), Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Pratt Graphic Center, N.Y..

Photos: http://search.famsf.org:8080/search.shtml?keywords=halsey